Relating to or characteristic of caryatids; describing something with the qualities or style of a caryatid figure.
From 'caryatid' plus the suffix '-ic' (forming adjectives). A variant alongside 'caryatic,' 'caryatidal,' and 'caryatidean' in specialized architectural terminology.
The abundance of '-ic,' '-al,' '-idal,' and '-ean' forms for the same root shows how technical vocabularies grow—different authors develop different preferences, and all remain acceptable within scholarly communities.
Adjectival form of caryatid with the same embedded gendered history of female figures as architectural supports.
Preserve the term in architectural technical writing while being aware of its gendered metaphorical foundation.
["support-column","figure-structural"]
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