单词 | quadrisyllabic |
释义 | quadrisyllabicn.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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