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octagonal, a.|ɒkˈtægənəl|
Also 6–8 octo-.
[In 16th c. octogonal, ad. mod.L. octōgonāl-is, in F. octogonal (1520 in Hatz.-Darm.): see prec. and -al1.]
Of the form of an octagon; eight-sided.
1571Digges Pantom. iv. xxv. Gg ij, A figure..enuironed with 6 equiangle Octogonall and 8 equilater triangular playnes or bases. 1782Warton Hist. Kiddington 4 The Gothic mouldings on the faces of its [a font's] octogonal panes. 1812–16J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 17 A..triangular, square, or octagonal bar. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. v. 40 A little octagonal building.
Hence ocˈtagonally adv., in an octagonal form.
1753Johnson in Bibl. Topogr. Brit. III. 433 Our cockpit built octagonally. |