单词 | adamatic |
释义 | Adamaticadj. Designating the style of architecture, furniture, etc., associated the Adam brothers (see Adam n.2).Common in the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > classical and neo-classical all'antica1605 Palladian1731 Vitruvian1762 Adamatic1776 Corinthianesque1837 Adam1846 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). < adj.1776 |
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