American Heritage Dictionary
(1)
Century Dictionary
(2)
GNU Webster's 1913
(1)
WordNet
(1)
Elsewhere on the web
Sometimes it may be called a caryatid, which is, as I understand it, a cruel device of architecture, representing a man or a woman, obliged to hold up upon his or her head or shoulders a structure which they did not build, and which could stand just as well without as with them.— The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
A day or two after Mrs. March had met Mrs. Adding, she went with her husband to revere a certain magnificent blackamoor whom he had discovered at the entrance of one of the aristocratic hotels on the Schlossberg, where he performed the function of a kind of caryatid, and looked, in the black of his skin and the white of his flowing costume, like a colossal figure carved in ebony and ivory.— Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2
Caryatid has been looked up 275 times, favorited once, listed 38 times, and commented on 5 times.

American Heritage Dictionary (1)
Century Dictionary (1)
Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year
Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed
We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.
Recent Lookupsphloem · fancie · hollered · comprehensive · wash-house |
Recent Favoritessupine · doxastic · bissextile day · airship · cloud-shadows |
Recent Pronunciationsmilosrdenstvi · lichen-covered · futon · sagacity · monoragngocious |