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Word: Caryatid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkarɪˈatɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.
Short Definition:stone carving of draped female figure, used as pillar
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