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pa·la·tial
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pəˈleɪ
ʃəl
/
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p
uh
-
ley
-sh
uh
l
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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or resembling a
palace
:
a palatial home.
2.
befitting or suitable for a
palace
; stately; magnificent:
a palatial tapestry.
Origin:
1745–55;
<
Latin
palāti
(
um
)
palace
+
-al
1
Related forms
pa·la·tial·ly,
adverb
pa·la·tial·ness,
noun
un·pa·la·tial,
adjective
Synonyms
1, 2.
noble, regal, imposing, grand.
Antonyms
1, 2.
humble, simple.
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palatial
(pəˈleɪʃəl)
—
adj
of, resembling, or suitable for a palace; sumptuous
pa'latially
—
adv
pa'latialness
—
n
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Word Origin & History
palatial
1754, from Fr. palatial "magnificent," from L. palatium (see
palace
)
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The grand foyer is in a
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style of a kind: five or six palaces seem to
have been crammed into one.
And colleges are rethinking some of those first experiments in their
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virtual campuses.
But you should see the
palatial
coaches' and athletic spaces.
Burnished red and gold fabrics give rooms a vaguely
palatial
feel, even if they
are on the cozy side.
Many of the
palatial
new homes built in the valley in the past two decades are high up in grizzly country.
His friend's father was a dentist and his home seemed
palatial
considering his small apartment.
If you enter the lobby of the troupe's
palatial
headquarters, you'll see the names of many corporations tiled on the back wall.
But the elaborately accommodating, modestly
palatial
arrangement whets a viewer's powers of attention.
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palatial
site it must have been.
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