edifice
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of edifice
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
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noun
- A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
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An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.
“The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?”
“With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.”
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Etymology
From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).
Words you can make from edifice
26 playable · top: DEIFIC (12 pts)
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8 words3-letter words
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