Palladian
1 Americanadjective
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of or relating to the goddess Athena.
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pertaining to wisdom, knowledge, or study.
adjective
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the goddess Pallas Athena
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literary wise or learned
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Palladian1
1555–65; < Latin Palladi(us) “of Pallas” (< Greek Palládios; see Palladium) + -an
Origin of Palladian2
First recorded in 1725–35; Palladi(o) + -an
Example Sentences
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The dark green in the decorative friezes, as well as the lintels and pilasters of the Palladian window, is newly accurate, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Kimpton Palladian: Situated on the cusp of downtown Seattle and Belltown, the Kimpton Palladian is a fun and quirky stay, complete with plenty of details playing tribute to the Emerald City.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
With its white Palladian front, the building just off Berkeley Square, stood out from those around it.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022
The Galleria’s Palladian proportions come from classical formalism, from the temples erected by the ancient Greeks and from Vitruvius, whose “De Architectura” is the only extant instructional architecture text from antiquity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The architects above named, and others of less note were much employed during the eighteenth century in the erection of large country houses of Italian, usually Palladian design, many of them extremely incongruous and unsatisfactory.
From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
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