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tetrapody Pros.|tɪˈtræpədɪ|
[ad. Gr. τετραποδία, f. τετραποδ-: see prec.]
A group of four metrical feet; a verse of four feet. So tetraˈpodic a., consisting of four metrical feet.
1846Worcester, Tetrapody. 1889Amer. Jrnl. Philol. July 225 The Bactrians and Indians..appear to have found the tetrapody short enough. Ibid., It seems more natural to assume the tetrapody as the primitive march-verse, and the tripody as an intentionally differentiated form for purposes of recitation. 1891Harper's Mag. Mar. 570/2 Most folk⁓songs are constructed upon tetrapodic periods. 1891[see dipody]. 1895Gildersleeve Lat. Gram. (ed. 3) 458 Dipody..Tripody..Tetrapody. |