Hupaithric
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Roofless; open to the sky. not-comparable, rare
"that spacious cell Like an upaithric temple wide and high, Whose aëry dome is inaccessible, Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell."
Example
More examples"that spacious cell Like an upaithric temple wide and high, Whose aëry dome is inaccessible, Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).
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