quadriloguen.
/ˈkwɒdrᵻlɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈkwɑdrəˌlɔɡ/, /ˈkwɑdrəˌlɑɡ/ A dialogue or conversation involving four persons. Formerly also: †an account by four persons (obsolete). Cf. dialogue n., trialogue n., etc.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > between specific number of people
quadriloguec1475
trialogue1532
tetralogue1649
duologue1864
polylogue1876
the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > a narrative or account > particular types of
quadrilogue1596
thanatography1839
horary1864
metanarration1973
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 135 (MED) The prologe of the tretye folowing entitled and called the quadriloge of Aleyn Charietere.
1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 73 Your wise dialoge or quadriloge betwene the curious questioner, the folishe answerer, your wise catholike man standyng by, and the mediatour.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 397 The Quadriloge of Beckets life.
a1656 Abp. J. Ussher in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 46 Thomas Becket (as we read in the Quadrilogue, or Quadripartite History of his Life).
1956 A. Henderson G. B. Shaw: Man of Cent. lvi. 756 Shaw's..Overruled, the fun of the imbroglio heightened by the farcical key in which the ‘quadrilogue’ is pitched.
1988 Jrnl. Law & Relig. 6 p. vii Paul Heald..constructs a four-way conversation (quadrilogue?) among Richard Posner, Blaise Pascal, Oliver Wendell Homes, and Mark Kelman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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