Definitions for caryatids

caryatids car·y·at·id

Spelling: [kar-ee-at-id]
IPA: /ˌkær iˈæt ɪd/

Caryatids is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 424 anagrams from letters in caryatids (aacdirsty).

Definitions for caryatids

noun

  1. a sculptured female figure used as a column. Compare atlas (def 5).

Origin of caryatids

1555-65; Latin Caryātides (singular Caryātis) Greek Karyā́tides columns shaped like women, literally, women of Karýai, Laconia

Examples for caryatids

caryatid, kar-i-at′id, n. a female figure used instead of a column to support an entablature:—pl.

A restricted use of the caryatid Porch is a certain inference from the following facts.

In a word the caryatid Porch is not an arbitrary creation but is related in thought to the cult of the temple.

A procession moving from the Propylaea to the caryatid Porch had exactly the background of the sculptured figures.

She stands in the field like a caryatid, like a symbol of fertile nature.

She upheaved the heavy flour-sack to the same secure shelf with the upraised palms of an Egyptian caryatid.

The one on this side is resigned, and as beautiful as a caryatid.

Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.

It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a caryatid.

I do not know its history, though some one assured me that it was a caryatid.

Word Value for caryatids
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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