pentaptych
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pentaptych
1850–55; penta- + Greek ptychḗ a fold
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His masterpiece, New York Interpreted, finished in 1922, is a 22-ft. pentaptych guidebook to cosmopolitan clangor.
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