dodecastyle

[ doh-dek-uh-stahyl ]

adjective

, Architecture.

1. having 12 columns.
2. (of a classical temple or building in the style of one) having 12 columns on one or either front.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dodecastyle¹

1815–25; < Greek dōdekástȳlos; dodeca-, -style ²