Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A word consisting of four syllables.
Wiktionary
- n. A word comprising four syllables.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Etymologies
- Formed from tetra- ("four") + syllable; compare Ancient Greek τετρασύλλαβος (tetrasullabos, "of four syllables"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.”
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headless iamb, tailless trochee, dibrach, disyllable, trisyllable, tetrasyllable, pyrrhus, iamb, trochee, choree, choreus, tribrach and 203 more...
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