quinquefarious
UK/ˌkwɪŋ.kwɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/US/ˌkwɪŋ.kwəˈfɛɹi.əs/
quinquefarious adjective: arranged in five vertical rows.
Adjective
quinquefarious (not comparable)
- Arranged in five vertical rows.
- Synonyms:
- pentastichous
Synonyms of quinquefarious
Origin of quinquefarious
From Latin quīnque (“five”) +ferō (“carry, bear”).
Words that rhyme with quinquefarious
- cibarious
- scarious
- Stradivarius
- tartareous
- vagarious
- vicarious
- Aquarius
- atrabilarious
- calcareous
- contrarious
- hilarious
- lampadarius
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- librarius
- malarious
- multifarious
- omnifarious
- precarious
- riparious
- testudinarious
- various
- acinarious
- adversarious
- anticarious
- apocrisarius
- apocrisiarius
- arbitrarious
- arenarious
- argillocalcareous
- armarius
- assarius
- atramentarious
- Belisarius
- bordarius
- burglarious
- caeremoniarius
- calcarious
- carious
- confessarius
- corneo-calcareous
- cotarius
- duplicarius
- filarious
- fimetarious
- frumentarious
- glareous
- howlarious
- lapidarious
- librarious
- multivarious
- nectareous
- nectarious
- nefarious
- nightmarious
- noncalcareous
- noncarious
- nongregarious
- nonmalarious
- nonvicarious
- octarius
- octofarious
Questions about quinquefarious
- What does quinquefarious mean?
- Quinquefarious means arranged in five vertical rows.
- What part of speech is quinquefarious?
- Quinquefarious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce quinquefarious?
- Quinquefarious is pronounced /ˌkwɪŋ.kwɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).
Words near quinquefarious in the dictionary
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