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Webster 1913 Edition
Tetrasyllable
Tet′ra-sylˊla-ble
,Noun.
[
Tetra-
+ syllable
: cf. Gr. [GREEK] of four syllables.] A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tetrasyllable
TETRASYL'LABLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tetrasyllable
tetrasyllable
English
Noun
tetrasyllable (plural tetrasyllables)
- (also used attributively) A word comprising four syllables.
Derived terms
- tetrasyllabic(al)
Translations
a four-syllable word
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References
- “tetrasyllable, n. (a.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]