1687 Good Advice 52 The Indenture will at least be, quint⁓pertite, and Parties are not so mortal as Men.
1787 M. Cutler in Life,Jrnls. &Corr. (1888) I. 206Large timbers, laid..so as to make the form of the wells quintangular.
1871 Daily News 14 Aug., A system of annual, triennial, or quintennial Parliaments.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 5 Apr. 2/1The Quintangular Tournament which followed this event.
quint-
combining form
or quinti-
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from quintus; akin to Latin quinque five — more at five
1. : fifth
< quintillion >
2. : quinque-
< quintiped >
3. : a (specified) musical instrument having its pitch a fifth above the normal
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