quadrivial

/kwɒdˈɹɪvi.əl/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"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"
"St. Edmund was bred in this University in the Trivials and Quadrivials till he was Professor of Arts"
"quadrivial streets"
"[…] 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."

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

quadrivials (plural)

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How do you pronounce quadrivial?

The recorded pronunciation is /kwɒdˈɹɪvi.əl/.

What does quadrivial mean?

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

Where does quadrivial come from?

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

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