quadriliteral

[ kwod-ruh-lit-er-uhl ]

adjective

1. using or consisting of four letters.

noun

1. a quadriliteral word or root.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadriliteral¹

First recorded in 1765–75; quadri- + literal

Example Sentences

Quadriliteral, kwod-ri-lit′ėr-al, adj. of four letters.—n. a word or a root having four letters.

From Project Gutenberg

When he does occasionally manage to work out a good gag, it is all but smothered in unilevel, quadriliteral farce.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is technically called "Haukalah" and "Haulakah," words in the third conjugation of increased triliterals, corresponding with the quadriliteral radicals and possessing the peculiar power of Kasr=abbreviation.

From Project Gutenberg