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Palladian

pal·la·dian

UK/pəˈleɪdɪən/ US/pəˈleɪdiən/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.

referring to or relating to or having the style of architecture created by Andrea Palladio

  • “the much imitated arch and column compositions known as the Palladian motif”

Origin

From Latin Palladius (“of or relating to Pallas”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Palladius is derived from Pallas (from Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás), genitive Παλλάδος (Palládos), an epithet of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

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