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单词 adamatic
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Adamaticadj.

Brit. /ˌadəˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌædəˈmædɪk/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Adam , -atic suffix.
Etymology: < the surname of the Adam brothers (see Adam n.2) + -atic suffix. Compare slightly earlier Adametic adj., and later Adamish adj.2, Adamesque adj.
Designating the style of architecture, furniture, etc., associated the Adam brothers (see Adam n.2).Common in the 18th cent.
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all'antica1605
Palladian1731
Vitruvian1762
Adamatic1776
Corinthianesque1837
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Corinthianizing1846
Pompeian1869
neoclassical1933
neo-Palladian1940
1776 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 Oct. (advt.) A genteel Apartment to lett, fit for a family with one or more servants, finished in the Adamatic taste.
1780 W. Woty Poems Several Occasions 13 The first apartments of the roomy pile, Display the matchless Adamatic stile.
1781 J. Byng Jrnl. 2 July in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 46 The chapel, particularly, (which should appear grave) is deck'd out in the Adamatic fashion.
1946 J. Lees-Milne Diary 23 Nov. (1983) 108 I found the stairwell actually more Wyattish than Adamatic.
1992 J. Bryant Robert Adam 43/1 The first two volumes of the Works were published to promote the brothers' practice and to distinguish genuine commissions from ‘Adamatic’ imitations.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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