amphitheatrical

English

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Adjective

amphitheatrical (comparative more amphitheatrical, superlative most amphitheatrical)

1. Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
   • 1829, "Metropolitan Improvements", in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, No. 361, page 184^[1]:

     A new Chapel, of novel design, being of an amphitheatrical form, has been recently completed, from the designs of W. Brooks, architect.

   • 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance^[2]:

     The hall was fitted up with an amphitheatrical descent of seats towards a platform, on which stood a desk, two lights, a stool, and a capacious antique chair.

   • 1919, John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World,

     In the high, amphitheatrical Nicolai Hall that afternoon I saw the Duma sitting in permanence, tempestuous, grouping around it all the forces of opposition.