Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hupaithric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hu-paithric
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Roofless; open to the sky.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Their temples were mostly hupaithric; and the flying clouds, the stars, or the deep sky, were seen above."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὕπαιθρος

Inflected Forms

hypaethric (alternative) upaithric (alternative)

Synonyms

hypaethral hypethral

Questions

What does hupaithric mean?: Roofless; open to the sky.
Where does hupaithric come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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