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Webster 1913 Edition


Amphitheatrical

{

Amˊphi-the-at′ric

,

Amˊphi-the-at′ric-al

, }
Adj.
[L.
amphitheatricus
.]
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

Webster 1828 Edition


Amphitheatrical

AMPHITHEAT'RICAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to or exhibited in an amphitheater.

Definition 2024


amphitheatrical

amphitheatrical

English

Adjective

amphitheatrical (comparative more amphitheatrical, superlative most amphitheatrical)

  1. Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
    • 1829, "Metropolitan Improvements", in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, No. 361, page 184:
      A new Chapel, of novel design, being of an amphitheatrical form, has been recently completed, from the designs of W. Brooks, architect.
    • 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance:
      The hall was fitted up with an amphitheatrical descent of seats towards a platform, on which stood a desk, two lights, a stool, and a capacious antique chair.
    • 1919, John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World,
      In the high, amphitheatrical Nicolai Hall that afternoon I saw the Duma sitting in permanence, tempestuous, grouping around it all the forces of opposition.