Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Multiplied by five.

  2. (not comparable)Being the fifth in a set of five.

Origin

From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + plicare (“to fold”); probably patterned after duplicate fro

From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + plicare (“to fold”); probably patterned after duplicate from Latin duplicare (“to double”).

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quintessencequintessentialquintetquipC1quirkC1

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