balconic

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Etymology

Balconies on the side of a building

From balcony +‎ -ic.

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balconic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to balconies.
    • 1975, Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers (India): A Supplement, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), volume 25, Calcutta: Institution of Engineers (India), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
      A good architecture reflecting the traditions of the city, adequate parking space for vehicles, [] the mechanics of comfortable seating on optimum row spaces and seating norms, optimum floor rake for good visibility, locations of the hall, limitations of balconic projections, etc.
    • 1994, Shere Hite, The Divine Comedy of Ariadne and Jupiter: The Amazing and Spectacular Adventures of Ariadne and Her Dog Jupiter in Heaven and on Earth, London, Chester Springs, Pa.: Peter Owen, →ISBN, page 112:
      Cleopatra, finally escaped from her balconic encounter with Clausewitz, suddenly appeared in the doorway of the Media Room, quite a dish in her lime-green satin stretch gown, her glowing, deep bronze skin accentuated by the golden snake emblem jewellery she wore.
    • 2000, Y[usuf] P[eter] L. Bladen-Pryor, “Balconic Solitude”, in Millefleurs: The Essence of a Thousand Flowers: A Collection of a Thousand Sonnets Composed between 1944 and 1999, Çanakkale, Turkey: Peace Caravanserai Press, →ISBN, sonnet 942, page 325:
      Balconic solitude is a world-wide / awareness. Build your balcony to view / deep-angled perspectives.
    • 2013, Mark Thornton Burnett, “Romeo and Juliet”, in Shakespeare and World Cinema, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part III (Plays), page 213:
      [I]t is, not unsurprisingly, the balcony that features as the defining marker of a Romeo and Juliet adaptation. [] Thus, in Sud Side Stori, the fact that the white Toni/Romeo occupies the balconic space in a seedy Palermo side street, and looks down at the black Romea/Juliet, crystallizes the film's parodic manipulation of gender and performance expectations along the axes of race.

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