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quadrisyllable

[ kwod-ruh-sil-uh-buhl ]

noun

  1. a word of four syllables.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quadrisyllable1

First recorded in 1650–60; quadri- + syllable
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Example Sentences

Quadrisyllable, kwod-ri-sil′a-bl n. a word consisting of four syllables.—adjs.

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But Alexandrides lengthens the word into a quadrisyllable, and calls it á½ á½±Ïιον.

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The quadrisyllable has Joycean overtones: macneilehrer -- a run-on conjuring up two-headed television journalism, emanating from Washington and New York, dispassionate, in-depth and, in the words of one contributor, "gloriously boring."

Must be pronounced as a quadrisyllable.

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Note the quadrisyllable ending, and compare EP II ix 41-42 'quis non Antiphaten Laestrygona deuouet? aut quis / munifici mores improbet Alcinoi?'.

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