Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PSEU-DO-DIP'TER-AL
PSEU-DO-DIP'TER-AL, a. [Gr. ψευδος, false, δις, twice, and πτερον, wing.]
Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, the inner range of columns being omitted. As a noun, an imperfect peripteral in which the columns at the wings were set within the walls. [See Periptery.]
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