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Webster 1913 Edition


Triquetrous

Tri-que′trous

,
Adj.
[L.
triquetrus
.]
Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Triquetrous

TRIQUE'TROUS

,
Adj.
[L. triquetrus, from triquetra, a triangle.]
Three-sided; having three plane sides.

Definition 2024


triquetrous

triquetrous

English

Adjective

triquetrous (comparative more triquetrous, superlative most triquetrous)

  1. Having three corners or sides; triangular.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 172:
      the lithostrata or figured pavements of the ancients [...] consisted not all of square stones, but were divided into triquetrous segments, honey-combs, and sexangular figures, according to Vitruvius

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