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fivesome

noun
/ˈfaɪvsəm/

Etymology

From five + -some.

  1. inherited from *pénkʷe✻
  2. inherited from *fimf✻
  3. inherited from *fimf✻
  4. inherited from fīf
  5. inherited from fyf
  6. suffixed as fivesome — “five + some”

Definitions

  1. A group of five people or things.

  2. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.

  3. By fives

    By fives; with five

    • They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA