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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwing-kuhngks, kwin- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪŋ kʌŋks, ˈkwɪn- |
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Définition of quincunx
Origin :- 1640s, originally astrological, of planetary alignments, from Latin, literally "five twelfths" (especially "five unciae," that is, "five-twelfths of an as," the basic unit of Roman currency), from quinque "five" (see quinque-) + uncia "ounce; a twelfth part (of anything)," related to unus "one" (see one). Applied, especially in garden design, to arrangements like the five pips on a playing card (1660s). Related: Quincuncial.
- As in five : noun five of something
- Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.
- Extract from : « Putnam's Word Book » by Louis A. Flemming
- There are numerous deep pits dug within it in the quincunx form, and capable of concealing a large army.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 » by Various
- At last they took a turn to the right; and they drew up in a kind of quincunx in the midst of the pine-trees.
- Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
- What is more beautiful than the quincunx, which, whatever way you look, retains the same direct position?
- Extract from : « The Training of a Public Speaker » by Grenville Kleiser
- His house has long been pulled down; his willow has fallen down in utter decay; his quincunx has been destroyed.
- Extract from : « Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) » by William Howitt
- They helped him to construct his quincunx; to plant, to sort spars and stones, and to fix them in the wall.
- Extract from : « Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) » by William Howitt
- Toward the tower Criere stood the orchard full of all fruit-trees, set and ranged in a quincunx.
- Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I » by Various
- The four faces of this square axis are pierced with three round, equal, truly-bored holes, arranged in a quincunx.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- The zone is covered with fine puncta in quincunx, not visible under ordinary illumination.
- Extract from : « The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity » by Charles Sumner Boyer
- The planting of a quincunx or the presentation of a pump to the parish might have proved his solitary title to fame.
- Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
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