quadrivial
having four ways or roads meeting in a point.
(of ways or roads) leading in four directions.
of or relating to the quadrivium.
Origin of quadrivial
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How to use quadrivial in a sentence
It is the body of which roads are the arms and legs,—a trivial or quadrivial place, the thoroughfare and ordinary of travelers.
Excursions and Poems | Henry David ThoreauIt is the body of which roads are the arms and legs—a trivial or quadrivial place, the thoroughfare and ordinary of travelers.
Walking | Henry David Thoreau
British Dictionary definitions for quadrivial
/ (kwɒˈdrɪvɪəl) /
having or consisting of four roads meeting at a point
(of roads or ways) going in four directions
of or relating to the quadrivium
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