Quadrivial

//kwɒdˈɹɪvi.əl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.

    "Tryuyals, & quatryuyals, ſo ſore now they appayre That Parrot the Popagay, hath pytye to beholde How the reſt of good lernyng, is roufled vp & trold"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having four ways meeting in a point. not-comparable

    "quadrivial streets"

  2. 2
    Relating to the quadrivium. not-comparable

    "[…] but he took the greatest interest in the Quadrivial Curriculum, that is, mathematical science, on account of its intrinsic charms and the rigour of its demonstration."

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quartered

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"Tryuyals, & quatryuyals, ſo ſore now they appayre That Parrot the Popagay, hath pytye to beholde How the reſt of good lernyng, is roufled vp & trold"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriviālis. By surface analysis, quadrivium + -al.

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