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quadrivial

English

Etymology

  • quadrivium +? -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kw?d???vi?l/

Noun

quadrivial (plural quadrivials)

  1. Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
    • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
      Tryuyals, & quatryuyals, ?o ?ore now they appayre
      That Parrot the Popagay, hath pytye to beholde
      How the re?t of good lernyng, is roufled vp & trold

Adjective

quadrivial (not comparable)

  1. Having four ways meeting in a point.
    • 1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams
      quadrivial streets

References

quadrivial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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quadrivia

English

Noun

quadrivia

  1. plural of quadrivium

Latin

Noun

quadrivia

  1. nominative plural of quadrivium
  2. accusative plural of quadrivium
  3. vocative plural of quadrivium

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