tetraglot, a.
(ˈtɛtrəglɒt)
[ad. Gr. type *τετραγλωττ-ος, f. τετρα- tetra- + γλῶττα tongue: cf. polyglot.]
Speaking four languages; written or composed in four languages. So † tetraˈglottic, † tetraˈglottical adjs. Obs. in same sense.
| 1580 Fleming in Baret's Alv. A a a a j, This Quadruple Dictionarie, or Lexicon tetraglottical. 1682 Wheler Journ. Greece i. 32 He hath printed a Dictionary Tetraglot, Ancient and Vulgar Greek, Latin, and Italian. 1721 Bailey, Tetraglottick. 1881 N. & Q. 6th Ser. III. 456/2 A tetraglot dictionary, a century older still. |