araeosystyle

[uh-ree-uh-sis-tahyl]

a·rae·o·sys·tyle

[uh-ree-uh-sis-tahyl]
adjective Architecture.
having an intercolumniation alternately of two and four diameters.


Origin:
1825–35; aero(style) + systyle
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Araeosystyle is always a great word to know.
So is flamboyant. Does it mean:
a building of exceptional height completely supported by a framework, as of girders, from which the walls are suspended, as opposed to a building supported by load-bearing walls
having the form of an ogee or double curve, such as a bar of tracery
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