a. [ad. Gr. type *τετραγλωττ-ος, f. τετρα-, TETRA- + γλῶττα tongue: cf. POLYGLOT.] Speaking four languages; written or composed in four languages. So † Tetraglottic, † Tetraglottical adjs. Obs. in same sense.

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1580.  Fleming, in Baret’s Alv., A a a a j. This Quadruple Dictionarie, or Lexicon tetraglottical.

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1682.  Wheler, Journ. Greece, I. 32. He hath printed a Dictionary Tetraglot, Ancient and Vulgar Greek, Latin, and Italian.

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1721.  Bailey, Tetraglottick.

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1881.  N. & Q., 6th Ser. III. 456/2. A tetraglot dictionary, a century older still.

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