Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pycnostyle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: py-c-nos-tyle
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.

noun

A colonnade of this kind.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos, “close-pillared”). By surface analysis, pycno- + -style.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πυκνόστυλος

Inflected Forms

pycnostyles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

araeostyle araeosystyle eustyle systyle

Questions

What does pycnostyle mean?: Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
Where does pycnostyle come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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