trimetricaladj.
Prosody. = trimetric adj. 2. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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trimeter1706
trimetrical1828
trimetric1889
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Trimeter, Trimetrical, consisting of three poetical measures.
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Trimetrical Classic n. a loose expression for the ‘three-character classic’, a Chinese elementary school-book written in lines of verse, each line consisting of three characters.
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alphabetary1579
horn-book1589
battledore1693
Trimetrical Classic1835
alphabet book1939
1835 Chinese Repository 4 105 The Trimetrical Classic.
1853 North-China Herald 21 May 168/1 (heading) Pamphlets published by the Insurgents. The Trimetrical Classic. [Note] Each line containing three words, and each verse four lines.
1900 A. H. Smith in Westm. Gaz. 28 June 3/3 He was set the usual task in the Trimetrical Classic.
1908 China's Millions Mar. 40/1 For a nation to pass within the life-time of a generation from the Trimetrical Classic to the study of John Stuart Mill.
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