araeostyle

[uh-ree-uh-stahyl]

a·rae·o·style

[uh-ree-uh-stahyl]
adjective Architecture.
having an intercolumniation of four diameters.


Origin:
1555–65; < Latin araeostȳlus < Greek araióstȳlos with few columns, equivalent to araió(s) thin, few + -stylos -style2
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Araeostyle is always a great word to know.
So is pyramid. Does it mean:
a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb in ancient Egypt
a vault with a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere
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