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quadrivial

[ kwo-driv-ee-uh l ]
/ kwɒˈdrɪv i əl /
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adjective

having four ways or roads meeting in a point.
(of ways or roads) leading in four directions.
of or relating to the quadrivium.

RELATED WORDS

quadruplicate, quadruple, tetrad, quaternary, quadrigeminal, quadripartite, quaternate

Nearby words

  1. quadrisect,
  2. quadrisyllable,
  3. quadrivalent,
  4. quadrivalently,
  5. quadrivia,
  6. quadrivium,
  7. quadrominium,
  8. quadroon,
  9. quadrophonics,
  10. quadru-

Origin of quadrivial

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin quadriviālis, equivalent to Late Latin quadrivi(um) quadrivium + -ālis -al1
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Examples from the Web for quadrivial

  • It is the body of which roads are the arms and legs,—a trivial or quadrivial place, the thoroughfare and ordinary of travelers.

    Excursions and Poems|Henry David Thoreau

  • It is the body of which roads are the arms and legs—a trivial or quadrivial place, the thoroughfare and ordinary of travelers.

    Walking|Henry David Thoreau

British Dictionary definitions for quadrivial

quadrivial

/ (kwɒˈdrɪvɪəl) /

adjective

having or consisting of four roads meeting at a point
(of roads or ways) going in four directions
of or relating to the quadrivium
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