-style

a combining form of style ( defs 14, 15 ): blastostyle.

Compare stylo-¹.

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a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words: orthostyle; urostyle.

Compare stylo-².

Origin:
< Greek stŷlos column or -stȳlos -columned, adj. derivative of stŷlos

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