Meanings
alternative hypaethric · alternative upaithric
- not comparablerareRoofless; open to the sky.
Their temples were mostly hupaithric; and the flying clouds, the stars, or the deep sky, were seen above.
1980, William Blackwood, Blackwood's Magazine1 more example
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.
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 287Synonyms: hypaethral, hypethral
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRoofless; open to the sky.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὕπαιθρος
- Englishhupaithric
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).
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