Definition of caryatid in English:

caryatid

nounPlural caryatids, Plural caryatides ˌkarɪˈatɪd

Architecture

A stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.
Example sentencesExamples
- Several of the miniatures feature caryatids holding up the mountains and temples.
- She entered the familiar vestibule, with its scarred stone caryatids and crumbling pillars, and walked down the short flight of iron-railed steps to the main chamber of Father's rooms.
- Modigliani's early, remarkable images of caryatids (female figures that serve as columns) are sometimes as strong as his later portraits.
- We have much of the frieze of the treasury of the Siphnians of c. 525, as well as one of the caryatid figures supporting the porch; other buildings so decorated are extremely scrappily preserved.
- The porch over the main entrance is supported by caryatids, set in front of the asymmetrical facade as a direct historicist quotation.
Synonyms
column, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress

Origin

Mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis 'priestess of Artemis at Caryae', from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.

Rhymes

cravatted, dratted, fatted, matted

Definition of caryatid in US English:

caryatid

noun

Architecture

A stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.
Example sentencesExamples
- Several of the miniatures feature caryatids holding up the mountains and temples.
- She entered the familiar vestibule, with its scarred stone caryatids and crumbling pillars, and walked down the short flight of iron-railed steps to the main chamber of Father's rooms.
- We have much of the frieze of the treasury of the Siphnians of c. 525, as well as one of the caryatid figures supporting the porch; other buildings so decorated are extremely scrappily preserved.
- Modigliani's early, remarkable images of caryatids (female figures that serve as columns) are sometimes as strong as his later portraits.
- The porch over the main entrance is supported by caryatids, set in front of the asymmetrical facade as a direct historicist quotation.
Synonyms
column, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress

Origin

Mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.

单词	caryatid
释义	Definition of caryatid in English: caryatid nounPlural caryatids, Plural caryatides ˌkarɪˈatɪd Architecture A stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building. Example sentencesExamples Several of the miniatures feature caryatids holding up the mountains and temples. She entered the familiar vestibule, with its scarred stone caryatids and crumbling pillars, and walked down the short flight of iron-railed steps to the main chamber of Father's rooms. Modigliani's early, remarkable images of caryatids (female figures that serve as columns) are sometimes as strong as his later portraits. We have much of the frieze of the treasury of the Siphnians of c. 525, as well as one of the caryatid figures supporting the porch; other buildings so decorated are extremely scrappily preserved. The porch over the main entrance is supported by caryatids, set in front of the asymmetrical facade as a direct historicist quotation. Synonyms column, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress Origin Mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis 'priestess of Artemis at Caryae', from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia. Rhymes cravatted, dratted, fatted, matted Definition of caryatid in US English: caryatid noun Architecture A stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building. Example sentencesExamples Several of the miniatures feature caryatids holding up the mountains and temples. She entered the familiar vestibule, with its scarred stone caryatids and crumbling pillars, and walked down the short flight of iron-railed steps to the main chamber of Father's rooms. We have much of the frieze of the treasury of the Siphnians of c. 525, as well as one of the caryatid figures supporting the porch; other buildings so decorated are extremely scrappily preserved. Modigliani's early, remarkable images of caryatids (female figures that serve as columns) are sometimes as strong as his later portraits. The porch over the main entrance is supported by caryatids, set in front of the asymmetrical facade as a direct historicist quotation. Synonyms column, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress Origin Mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.
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