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单词 quatridual
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quatridualadj.

Forms: 1600s quatriduall, 1700s quatridual.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quatrīduum , quadrīduum , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin quatrīduum, variant of quadrīduum period of four days ( < quadri- quadri- comb. form + -duum (also in bīduum period of two days, trīduum period of three days: see triduum n.) < the same Indo-European base as diēs day: see diurnal adj. and n.) + -al suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Lasting for four days.
ΚΠ
1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 34 This is the fruit of their quatriduall fastings.
1737 W. Barrowby tr. J. Astruc Treat. Venereal Dis. II. v. 345 Those who are easily brought to spit, are to be anointed only for two days successively, and after the quatridual interval [L. facto quatridui intervallo], to have the same repeated, for the reasons aforesaid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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