gloriette

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
In the rear are older palaces and towers, forming a vast, irregular quadrangle; -- Rodolph's ancientcastle, with its Gothic gloriette and fantastic gables; the

View all »
Definitions (2)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

  1. In architecture: a small pavilion in a park.
  2. An elaborately ornamented apartment in a medieval castle or château.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

Examples (1)

  • In the rear are older palaces and towers, forming a vast, irregular quadrangle; -- Rodolph's ancientcastle, with its Gothic gloriette and fantastic gables; the —  Hyperion
 

Tags

gloriette hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 12 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Also gloriet; from French gloriette, Spanish glorieta; apparently based on L. gloria, glory.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

crapshoot · disallowed · Manliest · gekko · lc

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

britney · bunda · settii · aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile · an sionnach i gcraiceann na caorach