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Hypaethral
//hɪˈpiːθɹəl// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky. not-comparable
"There was a dignity in their hypaethral presence kin to summer’s first morning of taurine light in the pepper trees of Uruguay."
Adjective
- 1 partly or entirely open to the sky wordnet
Noun
- 1 An ancient Greek temple that is uncovered and exposed to the sky.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin hypaethrus, from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros), from ὑπό (hupó) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).
Etymology 2
From Latin hypaethrus, from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros), from ὑπό (hupó) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).
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