| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| quadrille2 |
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| SYLLABICATION: | qua·drille |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw -dr l , kw -, k- |
| NOUN: | A card game popular during the 18th century, played by four people with a deck of 40 cards. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, perhaps from Spanish cuartillo, diminutive of cuarto, fourth, from Latin qu rtus. See kwetwer- in Appendix I.
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