Word Meanings - QUATRAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden.

Related words: (words related to QUATRAIN)

• RHYMERY
  The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.
• RHYMER
  One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster. This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be. Milton.
• STANZA
  An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber. (more info) stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p.pr. of stare to stand. See 1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of
• RHYMIC
  Pertaining to rhyme.
• RHYMESTER
  A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. Bp. Hall. Byron.
• RHYMIST
  A rhymer; a rhymester. Johnston.
• ALTERNATELY
  By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. (more info) 1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
• RHYMELESS
  Destitute of rhyme. Bp. Hall.
• RHYME
  1. To make rhymes, or verses. "Thou shalt no longer ryme." Chaucer. There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side, Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride. Pope. 2. To accord in rhyme or sound. And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was
• STANZAIC
  Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• CHILLINESS
  1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• DEATHLINESS
  The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
• KINGLINESS
  The state or quality of being kingly.
• BEASTLINESS
  The state or quality of being beastly.
• BRISTLINESS
  The quality or state of having bristles.
• POORLINESS
  The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
• ZOLLNER'S LINES
  Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
• SLOVENLINESS
  The quality or state of being slovenly.
• GHASTLINESS
  The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
• MAIDENLINESS
  The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
• WILINESS
  The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.
• PRICKLINESS
  The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.