quadrifariousadj.

Brit.

/ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfɛːrɪəs/, U.S.

/ˌkwɑdrəˈfɛriəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quadrifarius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin quadrifarius fourfold (4th cent.; < classical Latin quadri- quadri- comb. form + post-classical Latin -farius : see bifarious adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare classical Latin quadrifāriam in four ways, in a fourfold manner.Compare earlier use of post-classical Latin quadrifarie (adverb) in an English context:1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter v. vi. sig. L4^v With th'elements in body quadrifarie, With growing plants in vertue vegitatiue.

Now chiefly Botany.

Fourfold, having four parts; arranged in four ranks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adjective] > fourfold

fourfoldc1000

quatreblea1398

quadruplate?a1505

four-double1527

quadruple1557

quadruplex1606

quadrupled1607

quadruplicate1654

quadrifariousa1745

quaternate1753

quadriplicate1890

tetraplous1899

a1745 J. Swift To George-Nim-Dan-Dean, Esq. in Wks. (1765) VIII. 236 Hail human compound quadrifarious..Invincible as wight Briareus.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Dict. I. 76 They are all of the ever-green tribe, with their minute leaves placed numerously by threes and fours (ternate and quadrifarious) round the branches.

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 87 Struthiola..imbricata... Leaves ovate furrowed quadrifarious ciliated at edge.

a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 235 All the quadrifarious virtue of the scholastic ethics.

1931 Brittonia 1 23 The ultimate dichotomous branchlets [are] irregularly quadrifarious or irregularly spiral.

1983 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 70 137 The genus [sc. Sararanga] is readily recognized by its quadrifarious spiral phyllotaxy, and concomitant square-section inflorescence rachises.

Derivatives

quadriˈfariously adv. in a fourfold manner; in four parts or ranks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adverb] > fourfold

in quadruplicate1790

quadrifariously1822

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius On God of Socrates 300 There are four most known elements, nature being as it were quadrifariously separated into large parts [L. veluti quadrifariam natura magnis partibus disterminata].

1843 J. D. Hooker Let. 28 Nov. in C. Darwin Corr. (1986) II. 412 Leaves, quadrifariously arranged.

1995 Novon 5 114/1 Stems subquadrangular, quadrifariously pilose with trichomes eglandular.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quadrifarious
释义	quadrifariousadj. Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfɛriəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quadrifarius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin quadrifarius fourfold (4th cent.; < classical Latin quadri- quadri- comb. form + post-classical Latin -farius : see bifarious adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare classical Latin quadrifāriam in four ways, in a fourfold manner.Compare earlier use of post-classical Latin quadrifarie (adverb) in an English context:1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter v. vi. sig. L4^v With th'elements in body quadrifarie, With growing plants in vertue vegitatiue. Now chiefly Botany. Fourfold, having four parts; arranged in four ranks. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adjective] > fourfold fourfoldc1000 quatreblea1398 quadruplate?a1505 four-double1527 quadruple1557 quadruplex1606 quadrupled1607 quadruplicate1654 quadrifariousa1745 quaternate1753 quadriplicate1890 tetraplous1899 a1745 J. Swift To George-Nim-Dan-Dean, Esq. in Wks. (1765) VIII. 236 Hail human compound quadrifarious..Invincible as wight Briareus. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Dict. I. 76 They are all of the ever-green tribe, with their minute leaves placed numerously by threes and fours (ternate and quadrifarious) round the branches. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 87 Struthiola..imbricata... Leaves ovate furrowed quadrifarious ciliated at edge. a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 235 All the quadrifarious virtue of the scholastic ethics. 1931 Brittonia 1 23 The ultimate dichotomous branchlets [are] irregularly quadrifarious or irregularly spiral. 1983 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 70 137 The genus [sc. Sararanga] is readily recognized by its quadrifarious spiral phyllotaxy, and concomitant square-section inflorescence rachises. Derivatives quadriˈfariously adv. in a fourfold manner; in four parts or ranks. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adverb] > fourfold in quadruplicate1790 quadrifariously1822 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius On God of Socrates 300 There are four most known elements, nature being as it were quadrifariously separated into large parts [L. veluti quadrifariam natura magnis partibus disterminata]. 1843 J. D. Hooker Let. 28 Nov. in C. Darwin Corr. (1986) II. 412 Leaves, quadrifariously arranged. 1995 Novon 5 114/1 Stems subquadrangular, quadrifariously pilose with trichomes eglandular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1745
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