palladian

adjective1

1. •
   Containing tetravalent palladium.

adjective4

1. •
   In the style of the Italian neoclassical architect Andrea Palladio.

   • And he had always thought that a Palladian villa set in a verdant English park was a very beautiful sight. He saw it as the perfect marriage of a building with nature. — 2005
2. •
   of or pertaining to the asteroid Pallas

   • the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid
3. •
   (rare) Of or relating to knowledge, study, or wisdom.
4. •
   (rare) Of or relating to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and potentially to other female Greek figures such as Pallas the daughter of Triton and granddaughter of Poseidon.

   • She threw forward her arms, as if with spear and buckler. Miss Barfoot was smiling at this Palladian attitude when a servant announced two ladies, Mrs. Smallbrook and Miss Haven. — 1893

noun2

1. •
   An architect who designs buildings in the Palladian style.
2. •
   A building or an architectural element (for example, a window) designed in the Palladian style.