Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word consisting of four syllables.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A word
comprising foursyllables .
Etymologies
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Formed from tetra- ("four") + syllable; compare Ancient Greek τετρασύλλαβος (tetrasullabos, "of four syllables").
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Examples
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Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.
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