This week’s theme
Words that aren’t what they appear to be

This week’s words
corroboree
monomachy
verisimilar
polystyle

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(POL-ee-styl)

MEANING:

adjective: Having many columns.
noun: A structure having many columns.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek poly- (many) + -style (column). Earliest documented use: 1736.

USAGE:

“One of them has a large colonnade, or rather polystyle, as there are no less than four rows of columns.”
Lal Behari Day; Bengal Peasant Life; Macmillan; 1908.

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