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单词 quadrisyllabic
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quadrisyllabicn.adj.

Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻsᵻˈlabɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌkwɑdrəsəˈlæbɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quadri- comb. form, syllabic adj.
Etymology: < quadri- comb. form + syllabic adj. With the adjective compare French quadrisyllabique (1582 in Middle French in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1824). Compare earlier quadrisyllable adj., quadrisyllabous adj.
A. n.
A word or metrical foot consisting of four syllables. Cf. quadrisyllable n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound > syllable > word having specific number
bissyllable1589
disyllable1589
tetrasyllable1589
trisyllable1589
quadrisyllable1706
pentasyllable1709
quadrisyllabic1776
septisyllable1834
octosyllable1846
sexisyllable1855
disyllabic1934
paralog1951
1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 79 The Quadrisyllabics are compounded of feet already mentioned.
1969 Phoenix 23 365 14 syllables of quadrisyllabics and 8 of five-syllable words.
2004 R. Netz Wks. Archimedes I. 298 (note) Can I have a quadrisyllabic here, please (E-ou-dok-sus, stress on the ‘dok’ sound)?
B. adj.
That has four syllables.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of > consisting of specific number
disyllabea1637
disyllabica1637
trisyllabica1637
quadrisyllable1656
tetrasyllabical1656
trisyllabical1656
quadrisyllabous1678
disyllable1749
tetrasyllable1749
trisyllable1766
pentasyllabica1771
tetrasyllabic1775
quadrisyllabic1827
sexisyllabic1875
quadrisyllabical1890
1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) 428 In verses like that below, the words at the close naturally go together, to form a quadrisyllabic ending.
1883 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 938 The old absurdity of reading everything possible into quadrisyllabic feet.
1926 Classical Philol. 21 175 It is sometimes better to recognize the principle of compensation in adjoining feet, or the virtual substitution of quadrisyllabic and other groups for two regular feet.
1994 Slavic & East. European Jrnl. 38 153 Secondary stress in pàtriota, Àustriaka, bìbliami, èkspiowaɫ ‘absolved’, etc. show these forms to be quadrisyllabic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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