decastyle

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UK/dɛkəˈstaɪəɫ/

noun

A portico with ten columns.

OriginEnglish deca- ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas →
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Meanings

noundecastyle (plural decastyles)

plural decastyles

  1. A portico with ten columns.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
  3. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
  4. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
  5. Late Latindecas
  6. Frenchdéca-
  7. Englishdeca-
  8. Englishdecastyle

From deca- + -style.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

desacetyl
Cite this entry
APA

decastyle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decastyle

MLA

“decastyle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decastyle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decastyle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decastyle.

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