pycnostyleEtymologyFrom Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos, “close-pillared”). By surface analysis, pycno- + -style.pycnostyle means having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.adjHaving an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.nounA colonnade of this kind.