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hupaithric

adjective

  1. Roofless; open to the sky.

    rare

    Like an upaithric temple wide and high, Whose aëry dome is inaccessible, Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell.

    that spacious cell

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hupaithric (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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