Associations to the word «Peristyle»

Wiktionary

PERISTYLE, noun. Colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc.
PERISTYLE, noun. A courtyard; the space surrounded by a colonnade.
PERISTYLE, noun. A porch surrounded by columns.

Dictionary definition

PERISTYLE, noun. A colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope