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quadrobulary

quadrobulary adjective: having four trifling meanings.

Adjective

quadrobulary (comparative more quadrobulary, superlative most quadrobulary)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete) Having four trifling meanings
    • There is a quadrobulary saying which passes current in the Westerne World, That the Emperour is King of Kings, the Spaniard, King of Men, the French, King of Asses, the King of England, King of Devills.1646, Nathaniel Ward, The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America

Forms of quadrobulary

comparativemore quadrobulary
superlativemost quadrobulary

Origin of quadrobulary

From Blend of quadro- + vocabulary.

Questions about quadrobulary

What does quadrobulary mean?
Quadrobulary means having four trifling meanings.
What part of speech is quadrobulary?
Quadrobulary is an adjective.

Words near quadrobulary in the dictionary

  1. quadro-
  2. quadrobic
  3. quadrobics
  4. quadrobist
  5. quadrobists
  6. quadrobulary
  7. quadroclops
  8. quadrocopter
  9. quadrocopters
  10. quadrofoil
  11. quadrofoils

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