lotiformadj.
/ˈləʊtᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈloʊdəˌfɔrm/ Chiefly Egyptian Architecture.
Esp. of a column or capital: in the shape of a lotus or cluster of lotuses. Cf. lotus n. 1b, lotus capital n., lotus column n. at lotus n. Compounds 2.
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rostral1686
rostrated1796
lotiform1841
palmiform1916
1841 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Geogr. Statist. & Hist. World I. 729/2 The 32 capitals of the peristyle, and the 6 of the pronaos, exhibit in alternate columns the dactyliform and lotiform figure.
1897 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 470 The cloistered court of lotiform pillars.
1923 Art News 17 Nov. 4/2 The Museum has received an Egyptian lotiform vase of turquoise blue glass.
1960 M. Brion Pompeii & Herculaneum 203 The artist portrays unusual columns, vaguely resembling Egyptian lotiform or campaniform ones.
2007 R. David in J. R. Hinnells Handbk. Anc. Relig. ii. 79 The columns in the hypostyle halls, with their palmiform, lotiform or papyriform capitals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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