quadrupedaladj.n.

Brit.

/kwɒˈdruːpᵻdl/,

/kwəˈdruːpᵻdl/,

/ˌkwɒdrᵿˈpiːdl/,

/ˌkwɒdrᵿˈpɛdl/, U.S.

/ˌkwɑdrəˈpɛd(ə)l/,

/kwɑˈdrupəd(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s quadrupedall, 1600s– quadrupedal.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin quadrupedalis consisting of four (metrical) feet (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine), four feet long (12th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin quadruped- , quadrupēs quadruped n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French quadrupedal (1480). With use as noun compare post-classical Latin quadrupedale quadruped (13th cent.), use as noun of neuter of quadrupedalis . Compare slightly earlier quadruped n., and earlier quadrupeded adj.

A. adj.

a. Of an animal: four-footed; using all four feet for walking or running; (hence) bestial as distinct from human in nature. In extended use: (of a person) crouching or moving on hands and knees.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed

fetherfootedc1175

four-footedc1175

four-foota1400

quadrupeded1542

quadrupedal1620

quadruped1649

quadrupedant1656

quadrupedical1824

tetrapod1859

quadrupedic1888

tetrapous1899

the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs

three-footedc1000

three-foot1600

three-leggeda1616

tripodical1656

tripedal1658

tripod1720

tripodal1774

tripodial1845

quadrupedal1864–5

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > [adjective] > on hands and knees

quadrupedal1914

1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 54 It [sc. veal] is of an excellent..nutriture..exceeding all quadrupedall creatures.

1724 Hist. Reg. 1714–16 II. Chronol. Diary 57 Even the Quadrupedal Animals were strangely terrify'd.

1821–5 Barham in Life & Lett. I. ii. 80 According as he found them more or less intelligent than his quadrupedal companion.

1854 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 273/2 Clergymen may still be found..in an easy association with their flocks, quadrupedal and bipedal.

1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) i. 6 Shafts through which the quadrupedal miner ejects the materials which it has scooped out.

1914 G. K. Chesterton Wisdom of Father Brown x. 249 Seeing him thus quadrupedal in the grass, the priest raised his eyebrows rather sadly.

1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones xii. 200 Apes, like gorillas and chimps, are quadrupedal most of the time.

b. Of or relating to a quadruped or quadrupeds.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed > of a quadruped

quadrupedian1647

quadrupedal1660

quadrupedial1663

four-footeda1682

quadrupedan1800

tetrapodous1831

quadrupeda1835

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια i. 6 The most gracious Queen Morphandra hath been pleased to promise..from that groveling quadrupedal shape, to make you an erect, and a rational Creture once again.

1700 E. Phillips New World Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal [1658 Quadrupedian] signs.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 480/2 Worms of various kinds are bred in animal bodies, quadrupedal as well as human.

1816 E. S. Stannard Talents run Mad 14 I verily believe we owed our quadrupedal superiority in Spain and France to that useful class of gentlemen, who cultivate a friendship with their horses.

1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 151 The round ligament in the head of the quadrupedal thigh-bone.

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxiv. 261 The natural tendency in man to resume the quadrupedal state.

1925 R. S. Lull Ways of Life vi. 150 If one may judge from the profusion of small quadrupedal trails in the Connecticut Valley rocks,..there were other well-adapted terrestrial creatures.

1971 Nature 30 Apr. 577/1 Those early or middle Miocene dryopithecines..apparently combined a hominoid dentition with limbs which retained a more primitive quadrupedal monkey-like morphology.

c. Of the motion or stance of an animal, a child, etc.: involving all four feet or limbs.

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1870 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 160 560 Diprotodon..must have progressed on dry land, like the Elephants and Megatherioids, with a regular, quadrupedal, gravigrade pace.

1883 Science 9 Mar. 140 Mr. F. W. True recognizes ‘movement of the arms in walking’ as a functional relic of quadrupedal locomotion.

1934 A. Gesell & H. Thompson Infant Behavior iii. 86 In his ontogenesis man has not completely short-circuited quadrupedal phases of posture and of locomotion.

1971 Nature 12 Mar. 86/1 The four gaits [of the kangaroo] identified were a slow progression, a walk, a quadrupedal bound and a bipedal hop.

1993 Child Devel. 64 1166/1 Because of their presumably more stable, quadrupedal posture, we expected infants to crawl safely down 10° and 20° slopes.

†2. Measuring four feet in length. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal, four foot long.

3. Of an object (esp. an item of furniture): having four feet or supports.

ΚΠ

1772 tr. P. A. Guys Sentimental Journey through Greece II. xxv. 169 The quadrupedal tables [Fr. les tables à quatre pieds] were called τραπεζαι [sic].

1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Views Devonshire 74 We cannot be sure it was never applied to denote any quadrupedal stand, as well as the tripedal one for which we find it used.

1881 Harper's Mag. Oct. 696 Two forces riding quadrupedal stools.

1984 Times 28 Sept. 8/4 He plans guided tours (past the quadrupedal baths and pointing out the wood panelling in the President's Room).

1998 K. K. Davis Cats' Paws & Catapults (2000) iv. 73 Quadrupedal tables often come with height-tuning screws on their legs to minimize wobble on uneven floors. Tripedal tables need no such adjustability.

†B. n.

A quadruped. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts) of foot > quadruped

beastc1300

quadruped1607

quadrupedal1648

tetrapod1833

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > quadruped

quadruped1607

quadrupedal1648

huffer1729

four-footer1906

1648 F. Nethersole Parables upon Times 12 The Eagle, the King of Volatills,..the Lyon, King of Quadrupedals.

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 11 My bloud..I confess to be the coldest of any Quadrupedals.

Compounds

quadrupedal sign n. [compare Hellenistic Greek τετράποδα ζῴδια, plural] Astrology each of five signs of the zodiac (Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, and Capricorn) named after a four-footed creature (cf. quadrupedian adj.).

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1700 E. Phillips New World Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal [1658 Quadrupedian] signs.

1822 J. M. Ashmand tr. Proclus Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos iv. iv. 180 The quadrupedal signs [Gk. τετράποδα] contribute to produce employment among metals, in business and trade, in house-building, and in the work of smiths and mechanics.

1899 Classical Rev. 13 292/1 What Manetho means is, ‘should the degree ascending be in a quadrupedal sign’, such as Leo.

1940 F. E. Robbins tr. Ptolemy Tetrabiblos iv. ix. 435 If Mars is quartile or in opposition to the sun or the moon..in the quadrupedal signs, [he causes] death by the collapse of houses, by breaking, or by crushing.

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

单词	quadrupedal
释义	quadrupedaladj.n. Brit. /kwɒˈdruːpᵻdl/, /kwəˈdruːpᵻdl/, /ˌkwɒdrᵿˈpiːdl/, /ˌkwɒdrᵿˈpɛdl/, U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈpɛd(ə)l/, /kwɑˈdrupəd(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s quadrupedall, 1600s– quadrupedal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrupedalis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin quadrupedalis consisting of four (metrical) feet (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine), four feet long (12th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin quadruped- , quadrupēs quadruped n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French quadrupedal (1480). With use as noun compare post-classical Latin quadrupedale quadruped (13th cent.), use as noun of neuter of quadrupedalis . Compare slightly earlier quadruped n., and earlier quadrupeded adj. A. adj. 1. a. Of an animal: four-footed; using all four feet for walking or running; (hence) bestial as distinct from human in nature. In extended use: (of a person) crouching or moving on hands and knees. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed fetherfootedc1175 four-footedc1175 four-foota1400 quadrupeded1542 quadrupedal1620 quadruped1649 quadrupedant1656 quadrupedical1824 tetrapod1859 quadrupedic1888 tetrapous1899 the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs three-footedc1000 three-foot1600 three-leggeda1616 tripodical1656 tripedal1658 tripod1720 tripodal1774 tripodial1845 quadrupedal1864–5 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > [adjective] > on hands and knees quadrupedal1914 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 54 It [sc. veal] is of an excellent..nutriture..exceeding all quadrupedall creatures. 1724 Hist. Reg. 1714–16 II. Chronol. Diary 57 Even the Quadrupedal Animals were strangely terrify'd. 1821–5 Barham in Life & Lett. I. ii. 80 According as he found them more or less intelligent than his quadrupedal companion. 1854 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 273/2 Clergymen may still be found..in an easy association with their flocks, quadrupedal and bipedal. 1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) i. 6 Shafts through which the quadrupedal miner ejects the materials which it has scooped out. 1914 G. K. Chesterton Wisdom of Father Brown x. 249 Seeing him thus quadrupedal in the grass, the priest raised his eyebrows rather sadly. 1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones xii. 200 Apes, like gorillas and chimps, are quadrupedal most of the time. b. Of or relating to a quadruped or quadrupeds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed > of a quadruped quadrupedian1647 quadrupedal1660 quadrupedial1663 four-footeda1682 quadrupedan1800 tetrapodous1831 quadrupeda1835 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια i. 6 The most gracious Queen Morphandra hath been pleased to promise..from that groveling quadrupedal shape, to make you an erect, and a rational Creture once again. 1700 E. Phillips New World Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal [1658 Quadrupedian] signs. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 480/2 Worms of various kinds are bred in animal bodies, quadrupedal as well as human. 1816 E. S. Stannard Talents run Mad 14 I verily believe we owed our quadrupedal superiority in Spain and France to that useful class of gentlemen, who cultivate a friendship with their horses. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 151 The round ligament in the head of the quadrupedal thigh-bone. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xxxiv. 261 The natural tendency in man to resume the quadrupedal state. 1925 R. S. Lull Ways of Life vi. 150 If one may judge from the profusion of small quadrupedal trails in the Connecticut Valley rocks,..there were other well-adapted terrestrial creatures. 1971 Nature 30 Apr. 577/1 Those early or middle Miocene dryopithecines..apparently combined a hominoid dentition with limbs which retained a more primitive quadrupedal monkey-like morphology. c. Of the motion or stance of an animal, a child, etc.: involving all four feet or limbs. ΚΠ 1870 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 160 560 Diprotodon..must have progressed on dry land, like the Elephants and Megatherioids, with a regular, quadrupedal, gravigrade pace. 1883 Science 9 Mar. 140 Mr. F. W. True recognizes ‘movement of the arms in walking’ as a functional relic of quadrupedal locomotion. 1934 A. Gesell & H. Thompson Infant Behavior iii. 86 In his ontogenesis man has not completely short-circuited quadrupedal phases of posture and of locomotion. 1971 Nature 12 Mar. 86/1 The four gaits [of the kangaroo] identified were a slow progression, a walk, a quadrupedal bound and a bipedal hop. 1993 Child Devel. 64 1166/1 Because of their presumably more stable, quadrupedal posture, we expected infants to crawl safely down 10° and 20° slopes. †2. Measuring four feet in length. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal, four foot long. 3. Of an object (esp. an item of furniture): having four feet or supports. ΚΠ 1772 tr. P. A. Guys Sentimental Journey through Greece II. xxv. 169 The quadrupedal tables [Fr. les tables à quatre pieds] were called τραπεζαι [sic]. 1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Views Devonshire 74 We cannot be sure it was never applied to denote any quadrupedal stand, as well as the tripedal one for which we find it used. 1881 Harper's Mag. Oct. 696 Two forces riding quadrupedal stools. 1984 Times 28 Sept. 8/4 He plans guided tours (past the quadrupedal baths and pointing out the wood panelling in the President's Room). 1998 K. K. Davis Cats' Paws & Catapults (2000) iv. 73 Quadrupedal tables often come with height-tuning screws on their legs to minimize wobble on uneven floors. Tripedal tables need no such adjustability. †B. n. A quadruped. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts) of foot > quadruped beastc1300 quadruped1607 quadrupedal1648 tetrapod1833 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > quadruped quadruped1607 quadrupedal1648 huffer1729 four-footer1906 1648 F. Nethersole Parables upon Times 12 The Eagle, the King of Volatills,..the Lyon, King of Quadrupedals. 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 11 My bloud..I confess to be the coldest of any Quadrupedals. Compounds quadrupedal sign n. [compare Hellenistic Greek τετράποδα ζῴδια, plural] Astrology each of five signs of the zodiac (Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, and Capricorn) named after a four-footed creature (cf. quadrupedian adj.). ΚΠ 1700 E. Phillips New World Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal [1658 Quadrupedian] signs. 1822 J. M. Ashmand tr. Proclus Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos iv. iv. 180 The quadrupedal signs [Gk. τετράποδα] contribute to produce employment among metals, in business and trade, in house-building, and in the work of smiths and mechanics. 1899 Classical Rev. 13 292/1 What Manetho means is, ‘should the degree ascending be in a quadrupedal sign’, such as Leo. 1940 F. E. Robbins tr. Ptolemy Tetrabiblos iv. ix. 435 If Mars is quartile or in opposition to the sun or the moon..in the quadrupedal signs, [he causes] death by the collapse of houses, by breaking, or by crushing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1620
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