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Word of the Day – Quadrel

By June 2, 2024June 3rd, 2024Word of the Day

Quadrel (adj)

kwod-rel

A square stone, brick, or tile.

1680–90; Italian quadrello, diminutive of quadro square < Latin quadrum; -elle

Example sentences

“THe outer quadrels remained but the mosaics had been lost to time.”

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