he American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

peripteral


SYLLABICATION:
pe·rip·ter·al
PRONUNCIATION:
p-rptr-l
ADJECTIVE:
Architecture Having a single row of columns on all sides.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin peripteros, from Greek : peri-, peri- + pteron, wing; see pet- in
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