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quinquegrade

quinquegrade adjective: of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.

Adjective

quinquegrade (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
    • One has only to play or sing this quinquegrade scale to be reminded forcibly, though vaguely, of Irish and Scotch music.1889, Sophie Willock Bryant, Celtic Ireland, page 205

Questions about quinquegrade

What does quinquegrade mean?
Quinquegrade means of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
What part of speech is quinquegrade?
Quinquegrade is an adjective.

Words near quinquegrade in the dictionary

  1. quinquefoils
  2. quinquefoliate
  3. quinquefoliated
  4. quinquefoliolate
  5. quinquefolium
  6. quinquegrade
  7. quinquejugate
  8. quinquelateral
  9. quinquelingual
  10. quinquelingualism
  11. quinquelinguals

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