balconic meaning (rare): definition, etymology and quotations

balconic

adj

US, UK /ˈbælkənɪk/

Etymology From balcony + -ic.

Rare Of or pertaining to balconies.

A good architecture reflecting the traditions of the city, adequate parking space for vehicles, […] the mechanics of comfortable seating on optimum row spaces and seating norms, optimum floor rake for good visibility, locations of the hall, limitations of balconic projections, etc.1975, Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers (India): A Supplement, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), volume 25, Calcutta: Institution of Engineers (India), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
Cleopatra, finally escaped from her balconic encounter with Clausewitz, suddenly appeared in the doorway of the Media Room, quite a dish in her lime-green satin stretch gown, her glowing, deep bronze skin accentuated by the golden snake emblem jewellery she wore.1994, Shere Hite, The Divine Comedy of Ariadne and Jupiter: The Amazing and Spectacular Adventures of Ariadne and Her Dog Jupiter in Heaven and on Earth, London; Chester Springs, Pa.: Peter Owen, →ISBN, page 112:

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Balconic solitude is a world-wide / awareness. Build your balcony to view / deep-angled perspectives.2000, Y[usuf] P[eter] L. Bladen-Pryor, “Balconic Solitude”, in Millefleurs: The Essence of a Thousand Flowers: A Collection of a Thousand Sonnets Composed between 1944 and 1999, Çanakkale, Turkey: Peace Caravanserai Press, →ISBN, sonnet 942, page 325:
[I]t is, not unsurprisingly, the balcony that features as the defining marker of a Romeo and Juliet adaptation. […] Thus, in Sud Side Stori, the fact that the white Toni/Romeo occupies the balconic space in a seedy Palermo side street, and looks down at the black Romea/Juliet, crystallizes the film's parodic manipulation of gender and performance expectations along the axes of race.2013, Mark Thornton Burnett, “Romeo and Juliet”, in Shakespeare and World Cinema, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part III (Plays), page 213: