Definition of Quatrains

1. Noun. (plural of quatrain) ¹

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Definition of Quatrains

1. quatrain [n] - See also: quatrain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quatrains

quaternionist
quaternionists
quaternions
quaternities
quaternity
quaternization
quateron
quaterons
quaterpolymer
quaterpolymers
quatorzain
quatorzains
quatorze
quatorzes
quatrain
quatrains (current term)
quatrandorite
quatrayle
quatrayles
quatre
quatreble
quatrebles
quatrefoil
quatrefoils
quatres
quatrumvirate
quatrumvirates
quats
quatted

Literary usage of Quatrains

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Books and Personalities by Henry Woodd Nevinson (1905)
"Otherwise, one would hardly have cared to notice more " quatrains from Omar Khayyam." In truth, we have enough of them now, and want no more. ..."

2. Félire Húi Gormáin: The Martyrology of Gorman, Edited from a Manuscript in by Gorman (1895)
"Four quatrains ascribed to Moling and beginning: Daigh mac ... lQ Three quatrains beginning: A Mulling na mill mo tuata | na mo mathra. l. 15. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"It is not even actually known how many of the quatrains are really Omar's. ... A number of the quatrains revile the Sufis, yet after all Omar had been ..."

4. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"TWO quatrains IVY Upon the walls the graceful Ivy climbs And wraps with green the ancient ruin gray: Romance it is, and these her leafy rhymes Writ on the ..."

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