hupaithric

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).

Adjective

hupaithric (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Roofless; open to the sky.
    Synonyms: hypaethral, hypethral
    • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. ”, in Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon , published 1839, →OCLC, page 287:
      that spacious cell
      Like an upaithric temple wide and high,
      Whose aëry dome is inaccessible,
      Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell.
    • 1980, William Blackwood, Blackwood's Magazine:
      Their temples were mostly hupaithric; and the flying clouds, the stars, or the deep sky, were seen above.

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