a. [f. as prec. + -AL.] a. Pros. = prec. 2. rare–0. b. Trimetrical Classic, a loose expression for the ‘three-character classic,’ a Chinese elementary school-book written in lines of verse, each line consisting of three characters.
1828. Webster, Trimeter, Trimetrical, consisting of three poetical measures.
1900. A. H. Smith, in Westm. Gaz., 28 June, 3/3. He was set the usual task in the Trimetrical Classic.
1908. China’s Millions, March, 40/1. For a nation to pass within the life-time of a generation from the Trimetrical Classic to the study of John Stuart Mill.
