quadrivial

[ kwo-driv-ee-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. having four ways or roads meeting in a point.

  2. (of ways or roads) leading in four directions.

  1. of or relating to the quadrivium.

Origin of quadrivial

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin quadriviālis, equivalent to Late Latin quadrivi(um) quadrivium + -ālis-al1

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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 Thoreau
  • It 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

quadrivial

/ (kwɒˈdrɪvɪəl) /


adjective
  1. having or consisting of four roads meeting at a point

  2. (of roads or ways) going in four directions

  1. of or relating to the quadrivium

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