Meanings
comparative more amphitheatrical · superlative most amphitheatrical
- Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
A new Chapel, of novel design, being of an amphitheatrical form, has been recently completed, from the designs of W. Brooks, architect.
1829, “Metropolitan Improvements”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume 13, number 361, page 1842 more examples
The hall was fitted up with an amphitheatrical descent of seats towards a platform, on which stood a desk, two lights, a stool, and a capacious antique chair.
1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale RomanceIn the high, amphitheatrical Nicolai Hall that afternoon I saw the Duma sitting in permanence, tempestuous, grouping around it all the forces of opposition.
1919, John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or related to an amphitheater
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French amphithéâtral
- amphithéâtralcharacteristic of an amphitheatre
Greek αμφιθεατρικός
- αμφιθεατρικός (amfitheatrikós)characteristic of an amphitheatre
Polish amfiteatralny
- amfiteatralnycharacteristic of an amphitheatre
Portuguese anfiteátrico, anfiteatral
- anfiteátricocharacteristic of an amphitheatre
- anfiteatralcharacteristic of an amphitheatre
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