quadruplicityn.

Brit.

/ˌkwɒdrᵿˈplɪsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌkwɑdrəˈplɪsᵻdi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s quadruplicitie, 1600s– quadruplicity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quadruplic- , quadruplex , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin quadruplic-, quadruplex quadruplex adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin quadruplicitas (12th cent. in a British glossarial source). Compare slightly later quadruplex adj., and earlier duplicity n., triplicity n.

Fourfold nature; the condition of being fourfold or of forming a set of four.

ΘΚΠ

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

quadruplicity1590

1590 R. Greene tr. O. Rinaldi (title) The royal exchange. Contayning sundry aphorismes of phylosophie, and golden principles of morrall and naturall quadruplicities.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E3^v The quadruplicitie Of elementall essence.

1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 44 King Canutus the Dane,..in regard of his quadruplicitie of kingdomes, esteemed himselfe more then a man mortall.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 37 Dr. Brown..hath ranked this conceit of the Eyes of a Snail (and especially their quadruplicity) amongst the Vulgar errours.

1757 J. Dove Dissertation 26 They confirm not the doctrine of a trinity any more than of a quadruplicity, &c. in the Deity.

a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 57 The universal quadruplicity, or four elemental forms of power.

1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. iii. 41 The origin of the term [sc. ‘final causes’] lies in the Aristotelian quadruplicity of causes as such.

1978 Dædalus Summer 155 Rousseau had four sets of children;..some of the disputation about the meaning of our friend and his works may be put in place if we look carefully at his parental quadruplicity.

1995 Jrnl. Canad. Stud. (Nexis) Jan. 5 Although the Key sisters did dress alike, they otherwise tended to de-emphasize what Physical Culture..charmingly referred to as their ‘quadruplicity’.

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

单词	quadruplicity
释义	quadruplicityn. Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵿˈplɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈplɪsᵻdi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s quadruplicitie, 1600s– quadruplicity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quadruplic- , quadruplex , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin quadruplic-, quadruplex quadruplex adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin quadruplicitas (12th cent. in a British glossarial source). Compare slightly later quadruplex adj., and earlier duplicity n., triplicity n. Fourfold nature; the condition of being fourfold or of forming a set of four. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > fourfold condition quadruplicity1590 1590 R. Greene tr. O. Rinaldi (title) The royal exchange. Contayning sundry aphorismes of phylosophie, and golden principles of morrall and naturall quadruplicities. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E3^v The quadruplicitie Of elementall essence. 1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 44 King Canutus the Dane,..in regard of his quadruplicitie of kingdomes, esteemed himselfe more then a man mortall. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 37 Dr. Brown..hath ranked this conceit of the Eyes of a Snail (and especially their quadruplicity) amongst the Vulgar errours. 1757 J. Dove Dissertation 26 They confirm not the doctrine of a trinity any more than of a quadruplicity, &c. in the Deity. a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 57 The universal quadruplicity, or four elemental forms of power. 1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. iii. 41 The origin of the term [sc. ‘final causes’] lies in the Aristotelian quadruplicity of causes as such. 1978 Dædalus Summer 155 Rousseau had four sets of children;..some of the disputation about the meaning of our friend and his works may be put in place if we look carefully at his parental quadruplicity. 1995 Jrnl. Canad. Stud. (Nexis) Jan. 5 Although the Key sisters did dress alike, they otherwise tended to de-emphasize what Physical Culture..charmingly referred to as their ‘quadruplicity’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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