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caryatid

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˌkɛəɹiˈætɪd/Part of speech nounSorted aacdirtyStarts with CEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a supporting column carved in the shape of a person

Word origin

From Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω (karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι (Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”).

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  • She wore on the top of her head an upright circular cap that made her resemble a caryatid disburdened, and on other parts of her person strange combinations of colours, stuffs, shapes, of metal, mineral and plant.

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