quadrisyllable

[ kwod-ruh-sil-uh-buhl ]

noun

1. a word of four syllables.

Other Words From

• quad·ri·syl·lab·ic [kwod-r, uh, -si-, lab, -ik], quadri·syl·labi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadrisyllable¹

First recorded in 1650–60; quadri- + syllable

Example Sentences

Quadrisyllable, kwod-ri-sil′a-bl n. a word consisting of four syllables.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

But Alexandrides lengthens the word into a quadrisyllable, and calls it ὠάριον.

From Project Gutenberg

The quadrisyllable has Joycean overtones: macneilehrer -- a run-on conjuring up two-headed television journalism, emanating from Washington and New York, dispassionate, in-depth and, in the words of one contributor, "gloriously boring."

From Time Magazine Archive

Must be pronounced as a quadrisyllable.

From Project Gutenberg

Note the quadrisyllable ending, and compare EP II ix 41-42 'quis non Antiphaten Laestrygona deuouet? aut quis / munifici mores improbet Alcinoi?'.

From Project Gutenberg