Vitruvian
- a word derived from Vitruvius Pollio.
Example Sentences
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The company has raised $350 million from investors including private-equity firm Vitruvian Partners; the venture arm of consulting firm Accenture; JPMorgan’s asset-management unit; Goldman Sachs Alternatives; and D.E.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
In fact, it will be completely forgettable ... unless Vitruvian Man can pull off a miracle on dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
It appears in such aesthetic marvels as nautilus shells, Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man," and Robert Pattinson's face.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2022
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is one of the artist's most recognisable works and depicts a figure in two superimposed positions within both a circle and a square frame.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2022
He looks like the Vitruvian Man, whom he would later draw—the perfectly proportional human whose outstretched limbs all touch the sides of a circle.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
