Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having eight frontal columns in the portico, as in some Greek temples.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In architecture, having, or characterized by the presence of, eight columns, as a portico or a building having eight columns in front.
  • noun A building having eight columns in front; especially, a Greek or Roman temple having that number of columns in the front row of the portico.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective See octostyle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective architecture Having eight columns in the front row (of a portico etc.)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin octastȳlus, from Greek oktastūlos : okta-, octa- + stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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  • There is the architectural application:

    Let's sit ourselves down and talk a while

    Of how may a portico beguile,

    And what are the graces

    Attending such spaces

    And tally the virtues of octastyle.

    But also this:

    The she-squid bestows a shy smile

    Permitting an amorous trial,

    Inviting his charms

    And myriad arms

    For loving that's done octastyle.

    November 29, 2016