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Synonyms for quincunx

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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