Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of four syllables.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.
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- adjective Having four
syllables .
Etymologies
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From tetra- + syllabic.
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Examples
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Garcilasso de la Vega, a descendant of the Incas, has preserved an ancient indigenous poem of his nation, presenting the storm myth in a different form, which as undoubtedly authentic and not devoid of poetic beauty I translate, preserving as much as possible the trochaic tetrasyllabic verse of the original Quichua: --
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
hernesheir commented on the word tetrasyllabic
(n): comprised of four syllables.
December 31, 2008