quadrisyllable
[ kwod-ruh-sil-uh-buhl ]
noun
a word of four syllables.
Origin of quadrisyllable
1Other words from quadrisyllable
- quad·ri·syl·lab·ic [kwod-ruh-si-lab-ik], /ˌkwɒd rə sɪˈlæb ɪk/, quad·ri·syl·lab·i·cal, adjective
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How to use quadrisyllable in a sentence
But the rime merely concerns the two final syllables of those quadrisyllabic words.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey ChaucerQuadrisyllabic endings are similarly frequent in the poetry of exile: see at ii 10 Alcinoo (p 164).
The Last Poems of Ovid | Ovid
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