Both Uses of
Venetian
in
The Fountainhead
- The old woman's treatment of Dominique had the same reverent caution with which she handled the pieces of Venetian glass in the drawing-room cabinets.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- Peter Keating designed the white marble semi-Doric portico that rose over the main entrance, and the Venetian balconies for which new doors were cut.†
Chpt 2.15
Definitions:
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(1)
(Venetian as in: Venetian canals) relating to Venice or its people
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
Venetian blind describes a popular kind of window blind.