quadrivial
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prettygoodwordquadrivial (kwo-DRIV-ee-uhl) - adj., having four ways or roads meeting at one intersection; (of ways or roads) leading in four directions; of or related to the quadrivium, the upper tranche of the liberal arts (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy).
That latter being in the context of medieval European education -- but never mind that, I'm more interested in the first sense of a regular cross-road. Taken in the 15th century from Latin quadrivium, a place where four ways meet, from quattuor, four + via, way.
---L.
That latter being in the context of medieval European education -- but never mind that, I'm more interested in the first sense of a regular cross-road. Taken in the 15th century from Latin quadrivium, a place where four ways meet, from quattuor, four + via, way.
---L.
