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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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pe·rip·ter·al  audio  (p-rptr-l) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Architecture
Having a single row of columns on all sides.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin peripteros, from Greek : peri-, peri- + pteron, wing; see pet- in Indo-European roots


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