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nouna stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes. Origin of quatrain1575–85; <French, equivalent to quatrefour (<Latin quattuor) + -ain<Latin -ānus-an Words nearby quatrainquaternate, quaternion, quaternity, Quathlamba, quatorze, quatrain, quatre, Quatre Bras, quatrefoil, quattrocento, quattuordecillion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quatrainWho was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith? Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran|Anonymous One thing is certain, that the quatrain because of its very brevity demands more care and polishing than a longer piece of verse. Rhymes and Meters|Horatio Winslow I like the quatrain, of course; who, knowing the "Incorrigibles," doesn't? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 28, 1919.|Various
There are some scores of ruba'iyat that may be said to have contributed their imageries to the quatrain. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam|Omar Khayyam I have omitted those which occur in the former poem and added one quatrain from the latter, which it would be a pity to leave out. The Poem-Book of the Gael|Various
British Dictionary definitions for quatrain
nouna stanza or poem of four lines, esp one having alternate rhymes Word Origin for quatrainC16: from French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to quatrainrhyme, poetry, writing, verse, lyric, epic, composition, ballad, sonnet, song, beat, creation, poesy, rime, words, ode, limerick, lines, rune, haiku |