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tetrasyllable, n. (a.)|tɛtrəˈsɪləb(ə)l|
[f. tetra- + syllable; cf. Gr. τετρασύλλαβος of four syllables.]
a. n. A word of four syllables.
b. adj. Tetrasyllabic.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. iii. (Arb.) 82 Euery sillable being allowed one time, either short or long, it fell out that euery tetrasillable had foure times, euery trissillable three, and the bissillable two. 1749J. Mason Numbers in Poet. Comp. 17 Any two..joined together in a different Position make a different tetrasyllable Foot.
So tetrasyˈllabic, tetrasyˈllabical adjs., consisting of four syllables.
1656Blount Glossogr., Tetrasyllabical, that hath or contains four syllables. 1775Ash, Tetrasyllabic, containing four syllables. 1804Mitford Inquiry 343 note, Describing the antient feet, classing them as dissyllabical, trissyllabical, and tetrasyllabical. |