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triˈmetrical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
a. Pros. = prec. 2. rare—0.
b. Trimetrical Classic, a loose expression for the ‘three-character classic’, a Chinese elementary school-book written in lines of verse, each line consisting of three characters.
1828Webster, Trimeter, Trimetrical, consisting of three poetical measures. 1835Chinese Repository July 105 The Trimetrical Classic. 1853North-China Herald 21 May 168/1 (heading) Pamphlets published by the Insurgents. The Trimetrical Classic. [Note] Each line containing three words, and each verse four lines. 1900A. H. Smith in Westm. Gaz. 28 June 3/3 He was set the usual task in the Trimetrical Classic. 1908China's Millions Mar. 40/1 For a nation to pass within the life-time of a generation from the Trimetrical Classic to the study of John Stuart Mill. |