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quinquesyllabic

quinquesyllabic adjective: having five syllables.

Adjective

quinquesyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Having five syllables.
    Synonyms:
    pentasyllabic

Noun

quinquesyllabic (plural quinquesyllabics)

  1. A word of five syllables.

Synonyms of quinquesyllabic

Forms of quinquesyllabic

pluralquinquesyllabics

Origin of quinquesyllabic

From quinque- + syllabic.

Questions about quinquesyllabic

What does quinquesyllabic mean?
Quinquesyllabic means having five syllables.
What part of speech is quinquesyllabic?
Quinquesyllabic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quinquesyllabic in the dictionary

  1. quinquesections
  2. quinquesects
  3. quinqueseptate
  4. quinqueserial
  5. quinqueseriate
  6. quinquesyllabic
  7. quinquesyllabics
  8. quinquesyllable
  9. quinquesyllables
  10. quinquethiophene
  11. quinquethiophenes

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