polystyle

English edit

Etymology edit

poly- +‎ -style

Adjective edit

polystyle (not comparable)

(architecture) Having many columns; said of a building, especially of an interior part or court.
a polystyle hall

Noun edit

polystyle (plural polystyles)

A hall or edifice with many columns.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “polystyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)