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—tetrasyllabic /te'treuh si lab"ik/, tetrasyllabical, adj./te"treuh sil'euh beuhl, te'treuh sil"-/, n.a word or line of verse of four syllables.[1580-90; TETRA- + SYLLABLE]
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Tetrasyllable — Tet ra*syl la*ble, n. [Tetra + syllable: cf. Gr. ? of four syllables.] A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tetrasyllable — [te′trə sil΄ə bəl] n. a word of four syllables tetrasyllabic [te′trəsi lab′ik] adj … English World dictionary
tetrasyllable — noun /tɛtɹəˈsɪləbl/ A word comprising four syllables … Wiktionary
tetrasyllable — noun a word having four syllables. Derivatives tetrasyllabic adjective … English new terms dictionary
tetrasyllable — tet•ra•syl•la•ble [[t]ˈtɛ trəˌsɪl ə bəl, ˌtɛ trəˈsɪl [/t]] n. pro a word or line of verse of four syllables • Etymology: 1580–90 tet ra•syl•lab′ic sɪˈlæb ɪk adj … From formal English to slang
tetrasyllable — /ˈtɛtrəsɪləbəl/ (say tetruhsiluhbuhl) noun a word of four syllables. –tetrasyllabic /tɛtrəsəˈlæbɪk/ (say tetruhsuh labik), tetrasyllabical /tɛtrəsəˈlæbɪkəl/ (say tetruhsuh labikuhl), adjective …
tetrasyllable — n. word of four syllables. ♦ tetrasyllabic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
tetrasyllable — n. a word of four syllables. Derivatives: tetrasyllabic adj … Useful english dictionary
quadrisyllable — “+ noun Etymology: quadri + syllable : a word of four syllables * * * quadrisyllabic /kwod reuh si lab ik/, quadrisyllabical, adj. /kwod reuh sil euh beuhl/, n. a word of four syllables. [1650 60; QUADRI + SYLLABLE] * * * quadrisyllable /kwod ri… … Useful english dictionary
