Associations to the word «Foursquare»

Wiktionary

FOURSQUARE, adjective. Having four equal sides; square.
FOURSQUARE, adjective. (by extension) Solid, robust.
FOURSQUARE, adjective. (cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
FOURSQUARE, adjective. (architecture) (US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
FOURSQUARE, adjective. Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
FOURSQUARE, noun. Alternative form of four square
FOURSQUARE, noun. (cryptography) a four-square cipher

Dictionary definition

FOURSQUARE, noun. (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides".
FOURSQUARE, adverb. In a square position; "the building stood foursquare".
FOURSQUARE, adverb. With firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues".
FOURSQUARE, adjective. Characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; "a foursquare refusal to yield".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats