quinqu-, quinqua-, quinque-, quin- (Latin: five; a number used as a prefix).quinary, quinaries:
1. Consisting of five parts, or occurring in sets of five.
2. A set of five, or the fifth member of a set. quinate:
Used to describe leaves that occur in clusters of five.
quincentenary, quincentennial:
A 500th anniversary.
quincunx, quincuncial:
An arrangement of five objects in a square, with four at the corners and one in the center. Literally, "five" plus uncia, "a twelfth".
quindecade:
quindecennial:
1. Happening once every fifteen years or a fifteenth anniversary.
2. Lasting for fifteen years. quinquagenarian, quinquagenary:
Someone who is fifty years old; characteristic of person who is fifty to fifty-nine years old.
Quinquagesima:
In the Christian liturgical calendar, the Sunday before Lent, seven weeks or the fiftieth day before Easter.
quinquagesimal:
quinquangular:
quinquefoliate:
quinquennia (plural):
quinquenniad:
quinquennial:
quinquennially:
quinquennium (singular):
A period of five years.
quinquereme:
quinquertium:
quinquevalent:
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