octangular

American  

[ok-tang-gyuh-ler] / ɒkˈtæŋ gyə lər /

adjective

1. having eight angles.

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octangular British  

/ ɒkˈtæŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

1. having eight angles

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Other Word Forms

• octangularness noun

Etymology

Origin of octangular

1635–45; < Late Latin octangul ( us ) ( see octangle) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

It was a small but somewhat lengthened octangular room, lined throughout with dark black oak, carved in the most exquisite manner.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Eight crocketed pinnacles are added to the spire, which is octangular, and has a row of crockets at each angle.

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner, Dawson

There are three octangular compartments, and each is supported by eight slender columns.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William

It is of an octangular shape, and the outside is adorned by tracery work.

From Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Here they used to swing the bells, and the place was called the lantern or louvre; thence the octangular spire arose easily and naturally.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various