periphractic
Meanings
adj
- Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
- Marginalizing; making a group peripheral and thereby denying them access to something.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περιφρακτικός (periphraktikós), from φράσσω (phrássō).
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