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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne