tetragram

tetragram
/te"treuh gram'/, n.
a word of four letters.
[1860-65; < Gk tetrágrammon, n. use of neut. of tetrágrammos having four letters, equiv. to tetra- TETRA- + grámm(a) letter (see -GRAM1) + -os adj. suffix]

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