quadrisyllable

Related to quadrisyllable: Quadrisyllabic

quadrisyllable

(ˈkwɒdrɪˌsɪləbəl)

(Linguistics) a four-syllable word

adj

(Linguistics) (of a word) having four syllables

quad•ri•syl•la•ble

(ˈkwɒd rəˌsɪl ə bəl)

n.

a word of four syllables.

[1650–60]

quad`ri•syl•lab′ic (-sɪˈlæb ɪk) adj.

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Considering the class of body terms, we find the more general or semantically "unmarked" words, such as inataq 'eye,' kami 'hand,' tulaakng 'bone,' or kelingaq 'ear,' tending to simple disyllabism (or trisyllables), while semantically marked words, such as kelebamaakng 'scapula, shoulder blade,' kelepisikng 'temples, ' kereranum 'amniotic fluids, waters, ' or kerepuruq 'skullcap,' are quadrisyllable words containing the prefix *kali-.

Skulls, ancestors and the meaning of kelelungan: an ethnolinguistic look into the history of a key religious term of the greater Luangan

19) The final quadrisyllable line of the first tercet ends, for instance, with a weakly punctuated, enjambed adverbial clause: "Au grand soupirail qui s'allume / leur culs en rond.

Laughing matter(s): politics and poetics of the (utopian) body in Rimbaud's Les Effares

If we exclude articles, prepositions and conjunctions, out of a total of 25 words we have 13 polysyllabic words: 6 trisyllables, 5 quadrisyllables and even 2 pentasyllables.