Pseu`do-pe*rip"ter*al (?), a. [Pseudo- + peripteral: cf. F. pseudopériptère.] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- n. A pseudo-peripteral temple. Oxf. Gloss.