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Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
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In the style of Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.
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A French-inspired neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration originating from the Empire style introduced during the First French Empire period under Napoleon's rule.
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(comparable) Having qualities of Angkor or Angkor Wat, particularly its architecture.
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(historical) Ancient Greek festivals held annually by most of the Ionian towns, with banqueting, discussions, etc.
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A decorative style of art and architecture that especially used the sinuous and flowing lines of plants.
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(prosody) Synonym of bacchius
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Reminiscent of the Butlins chain of British holiday camps, with various family-oriented activities and entertainments supervised by redcoats.
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(architecture) Of a style of architecture prevalent in the Eastern Empire down to 1453, marked by the round arch springing from columns or piers, the dome supported upon pendentives, capitals elaborately sculptured, mosaic or other encrustations, etc.
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(attributive) A style of rococo bookplate.
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(US, architecture) A style of Gothic Revival architecture inspired by Gothic, which includes Camford/Oxbridge style quadrangle campuses, and American Gothic style buildings. Used on North American university and college campuses, and other schools of high prestige (prep schools, private schools, etc).
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(US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
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A building built in the Colonial Revival Style.
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Similar to a continent
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Of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century.
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(architecture, historical) Of a style of Gothic architecture that lasted from the late 12th century until midway through the 13th century, superseding the Romanesque or Norman style and developing into the Decorated Gothic style.
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(architecture, chiefly attributive) A 19th-century movement for reform in architecture, furniture, and decor, founded by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). It promoted attractive designs made by people who took pride in their work.
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The culture and social climate of the Edwardian era, especially when viewed as a peaceful and romantic golden age of country houses and garden parties.
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(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
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A member of a literary fellowship founded in 1854 to promote the literature and culture of Provence in France; also someone who adheres to such ideas, a traditional Provençal poet.
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Of a style of Spanish Gothic architecture that flourished under Isabella I of Castile.
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A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
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The writing style of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
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Harking back to the Victorian era or fashions.
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(US, informal) A style of 20th-century architecture developed by the United States National Park Service in its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment and avoided the regularity and symmetry of the industrial world.
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(architecture, derogatory) A form of sentimental modernist suburban architecture of the mid-20th century.
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(architecture) Of or relating to a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, with neoclassical buildings on streets laid out according to a grid.
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Of or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University.
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A style of architecture, furniture, etc. popular during the reign of Queen Anne.
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(Australia, architecture) A house built in an architectural style found in Queensland, characterized by being raised up on stumps about two metres off the ground, and having wide verandahs around it.
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Of or pertaining to the style of French furniture and decoration of c. 1680–1725, characteristic of the regency of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.
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(architecture) Of a style of architecture with its origins in the 16th century, drawing on the features of medieval castles, tower houses and the châteaux of the French Renaissance.
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An architectural and furniture style that originated in the French Second Empire.
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(Sanskrit grammar, Indo-European studies) of a root, having a final i sound in certain forms, originating from a final laryngeal in Proto-Indo-European
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Of or pertaining to a subcontinent.
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Of or relating to torbanite.
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Alternative spelling of troglodytic [Of or pertaining to troglodytes, or dwellers in caves.]
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Of or pertaining to a tsunami.
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(architecture) In the style of English buildings of the sixteenth century; using exposed wooden beams on the exterior.
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(architecture) Mock-Tudor; designed to resemble a Tudor or Elizabethan architectural style.
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(rare) Synonym of turcopole
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A house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonian style.
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(Greater Vancouver, architecture) A style of detached two-storey residential house widely constructed in Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1960s to 1980s, characterized by its large and boxy shape (often occupying most of the width of a lot), low-pitched gabled roof, and a front balcony spanning the entire second floor.
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Alternative form of Vehmic [(historical) Of or pertaining to the Vehm, a Westphalian "proto-vigilante" tribunal system during the Middle Ages.]
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(architecture) A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles, not imported.
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(architecture) A class of architectural styles which meet local needs, use local construction materials and reflect local traditions.
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(chiefly US, architecture) A house built in the Victorian architectural style.
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Obsolete spelling of aeolian [of, or relating to the wind.]
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