quadrenniumn.

Brit.

/kwɒˈdrɛnɪəm/,

/kwəˈdrɛnɪəm/, U.S.

/kwɑˈdrɛniəm/

Forms: 1700s– quadrennium, 1800s– quadriennium.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadriennium.

Etymology: < classical Latin quadriennium (in post-classical Latin also quadrennium (13th cent. in British sources)) period of four years < quadri- quadri- comb. form + annus year (see annals n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴); with the loss of the vowel in the second syllable compare quadrennial n., quadrennial adj. Compare earlier quadriennium utile n.

A period of four years. Cf. quadrennial n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years

hendecadOE

a week of yearsa1382

weekc1384

Olympiada1387

lustre1387

yearc1425

millenary1551

prenticeship1553

septenary1576

lustrum1590

quinquennal1590

seventy1590

septimane1603

quinquennie1606

threescore (years) and tena1616

duodecad1621

quinquennium1621

jubilee1643

quadrenniala1646

chiliad1653

septennary1659

septennium1660

triennial1661

millennium1664

tetraëterid1678

octennial1679

duodenary1681

quadrennium1779

septenniad1836

quinquenniad1842

milliad1843

tricentenary1846

triennium1847

vicennium1847

bimillenary1850

lustration1853

sexennium1858

septennate1874

quinquennial1877

pentad1880

sexennate1898

aeon1960

1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain viii. 52 Their general chapter is held every fourth year at Valladolid, where the deputies choose abbots and other dignitaries for the ensuing Quadrennium.

1857 G. Oliver Coll. Hist. Catholic Relig. Cornwall 482 Francis Watmough..is known to have filled several quadrienniums before his death.

1876 H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke I. ii. 52 In taking his bachelor's degree..Locke abridged the old quadrennium..by one term.

1907 Times 2 May 5/4 During the intervening quadrennium the statesman of each self-governing colony will be keeping the coming meeting in mind.

1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 May 594/2 Life and career move steadily forward during the quadrennium.

1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 137 Now he was eight. A critical birthday, marking his entry upon the third and final quadrennium of childhood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quadrennium
释义	quadrenniumn. Brit. /kwɒˈdrɛnɪəm/, /kwəˈdrɛnɪəm/, U.S. /kwɑˈdrɛniəm/ Forms: 1700s– quadrennium, 1800s– quadriennium. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadriennium. Etymology: < classical Latin quadriennium (in post-classical Latin also quadrennium (13th cent. in British sources)) period of four years < quadri- quadri- comb. form + annus year (see annals n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴); with the loss of the vowel in the second syllable compare quadrennial n., quadrennial adj. Compare earlier quadriennium utile n. A period of four years. Cf. quadrennial n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain viii. 52 Their general chapter is held every fourth year at Valladolid, where the deputies choose abbots and other dignitaries for the ensuing Quadrennium. 1857 G. Oliver Coll. Hist. Catholic Relig. Cornwall 482 Francis Watmough..is known to have filled several quadrienniums before his death. 1876 H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke I. ii. 52 In taking his bachelor's degree..Locke abridged the old quadrennium..by one term. 1907 Times 2 May 5/4 During the intervening quadrennium the statesman of each self-governing colony will be keeping the coming meeting in mind. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 May 594/2 Life and career move steadily forward during the quadrennium. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 137 Now he was eight. A critical birthday, marking his entry upon the third and final quadrennium of childhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779
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