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tetrasyllable
[ te-truh-sil-uh-buhl, te-truh-sil- ]
tetrasyllable
/ ˌtɛtrəˈsɪləbəl; ˌtɛtrəsɪˈlæbɪk /
noun
- a word of four syllables
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Derived Forms
- tetrasyllabic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- ٱ···· [te-tr, uh, -si-, lab, -ik], ٱr··i· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tetrasyllable1
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Example Sentences
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His eyes are deep-set and uncommonly circular; when he stretches them into surprise—often in accompaniment of a spiked tetrasyllable like “ri-di-cu-lous,” or “pre-pos-ter-ous,” or “Max Kel-ler-man”—they are perfect O’s.
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Tetrasyllable, tet′ra-sil-a-bl, n. a word of four syllables.—adjs.
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"One is monosyllabic, the other tetrasyllable," Spindrift begins.
Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.
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