English
fourplay
From four + play, after triple play (and perhaps punning on foreplay).
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’
Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’
Old English fēower ‘four’
Middle English four
English four
Proto-West Germanic *plegō ‘an exercise’
Proto-West Germanic *plegōn ‘to move; to engage, practice’
Old English plegian ‘to play’
Middle English pleyen ‘to engage in a game or sport’
English play
Today it means
noun Synonym of quad play.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fourplay