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quincuple

quincuple adjective: fivefold; applied to five concentric circles.

Adjective

quincuple (not comparable)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete) fivefold; applied to five concentric circles
    • The four parts which make up this monument, as we said, are the cove, two single circles, and a quincuple circle.1776, William Stukeley, Itinerarium curiosum

Questions about quincuple

What does quincuple mean?
Quincuple means fivefold; applied to five concentric circles.
What part of speech is quincuple?
Quincuple is an adjective.

Words near quincuple in the dictionary

  1. quincuncially
  2. quincunx
  3. quincunxes
  4. quincunxial
  5. quincunxially
  6. quincuple
  7. quincuplex
  8. Quincy
  9. Quinde
  10. quindec-
  11. quindecad

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