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ped·es·tal
[ped-uh-stl] noun, verb, ped·es·taled, ped·es·tal·ing or ( especially British ) ped·es·talled, ped·es·tal·ling. 
ə noun
1.
an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column.
2.
a supporting structure or piece; base.
3.
Furniture.
a.
a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.
b.
a columnar support for a tabletop.
4.
Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put on or supply with a pedestal.
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6.
set/put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
Origin:
1555–65; alteration of Middle French piedestal < Italian piedestallo, variant of piedistallo literally, foot of stall. See ped-2, de, stall1
1555–65; alteration of Middle French piedestal < Italian piedestallo, variant of piedistallo literally, foot of stall. See ped-2, de, stall1
Related forms
un·ped·es·tal, verb (used with object), un·ped·es·taled, un·ped·es·tal·ing or ( especially British ) un·ped·es·talled, un·ped·es·tal·ling.
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pedestal (ˈpɛdɪstəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a base that supports a column, statue, etc, as used in classical architecture |
| 2. | a position of eminence or supposed superiority (esp in the phrases place, put,orset on a pedestal) |
| 3. | a. either of a pair of sets of drawers used as supports for a writing surface |
| b. (as modifier): a pedestal desk | |
| [C16: from French piédestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from pie foot + di of + stallo a stall] | |
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Word Origin & History
pedestal
1563, "base supporting a column, statue, etc.," from M.Fr. piédestal (1547), from It. piedistallo "base of a pillar," from pie "foot" + di "of" + stallo "stall, place, seat." Spelling in Eng. influenced by L. pedem "foot." Fig. sense of put (someone) on a pedestal "regard as highly admirable"
is attested from 1859.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
More fundamentally, trying to manage from atop a pedestal doesn't work, he says.
Its torso is mounted on an electronics-crammed pedestal.
But as with many esteemed figures, there are long traces of blood leading to the pedestal.
It rests on a display pedestal in the entry to the new facility.
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