quadrigrade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of four vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).

Word forms

quadrigrade

Etymology

From quadri- + grade. Compare Japanese 四段 (yodan).

Related words

monograde bigrade pentagrade
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