upaithric

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A form of hupaithric — Roofless; open to the sky.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveupaithric (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of hupaithric (“roofless, open to the sky”).

    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 287
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