quadrumviraten.

Brit.

/kwɒˈdrʌmvᵻrət/, U.S.

/kwɑˈdrəmvərət/,

/kwɑˈdrəmvəˌreɪt/

Forms: 1600s quadrumvirat, 1700s– quadrumvirate.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quadri- comb. form, triumvirate n.

Etymology: < quadri- comb. form + -umvirate (in triumvirate n.). Compare Italian quadrumvirato (1675). Compare classical Latin quattuorvirātus (see quattuorvirate n.). With the specific use in quot. 1923 compare quadrumvir n.

A ruling or leading group of four; a group of four prominent or powerful people.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > of specific number

quadrumvirate1752

sixteensome1979

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four > persons

quadrivirate1654

quatrumvirate1684

partie carrée1693

quadrumvirate1752

quartetto1771

quartet1814

quartumvirate1840

square party1851

quattuorvirate1856

foursome1926

1653 J. Rogers Tabernacle for the Sun 156 All over the world in all Nations and Kingdoms on the Earth, must be governed by a Quadrumvirat, i. e. Four Patriarks.

1752 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Jrnl. 4 June 2/2 This Quadrumvirate..called themselves The Wits.

1790 By-stander 38 A quadrumvirate appeared almost at the same time.

1856 tr. Napoleon I Confid. Corr. II. xxiii. 348 It cannot possibly be for the interest of Sweden that this Quadrumvirate should take possession of the whole of Europe.

1923 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 151 He [sc. Mussolini] formed a quadrumvirate..to whom he entrusted full powers.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest viii. 155 Colonel Fiqri Dine,..one of the original quadrumvirate of chiefs that had helped Zog in his early days of power.

1996 Eng. Today Oct. 2/1 A member of the formidable quadrumvirate, which produce The Longman Grammar of Contemporary English.

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

单词	quadrumvirate
释义	quadrumviraten. Brit. /kwɒˈdrʌmvᵻrət/, U.S. /kwɑˈdrəmvərət/, /kwɑˈdrəmvəˌreɪt/ Forms: 1600s quadrumvirat, 1700s– quadrumvirate. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quadri- comb. form, triumvirate n. Etymology: < quadri- comb. form + -umvirate (in triumvirate n.). Compare Italian quadrumvirato (1675). Compare classical Latin quattuorvirātus (see quattuorvirate n.). With the specific use in quot. 1923 compare quadrumvir n. A ruling or leading group of four; a group of four prominent or powerful people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > of specific number quadrumvirate1752 sixteensome1979 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four > persons quadrivirate1654 quatrumvirate1684 partie carrée1693 quadrumvirate1752 quartetto1771 quartet1814 quartumvirate1840 square party1851 quattuorvirate1856 foursome1926 1653 J. Rogers Tabernacle for the Sun 156 All over the world in all Nations and Kingdoms on the Earth, must be governed by a Quadrumvirat, i. e. Four Patriarks. 1752 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Jrnl. 4 June 2/2 This Quadrumvirate..called themselves The Wits. 1790 By-stander 38 A quadrumvirate appeared almost at the same time. 1856 tr. Napoleon I Confid. Corr. II. xxiii. 348 It cannot possibly be for the interest of Sweden that this Quadrumvirate should take possession of the whole of Europe. 1923 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 151 He [sc. Mussolini] formed a quadrumvirate..to whom he entrusted full powers. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest viii. 155 Colonel Fiqri Dine,..one of the original quadrumvirate of chiefs that had helped Zog in his early days of power. 1996 Eng. Today Oct. 2/1 A member of the formidable quadrumvirate, which produce The Longman Grammar of Contemporary English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1653
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