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quinary

adj
/ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/

Etymology

From the Latin quīnārius (“containing five each”), from quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. Doublet of quinarius.

  1. derived from quīnārius

Definitions

  1. Of fifth rank or order.

  2. Consisting of five things

    Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.

  3. To the base of five

    To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.

The neighborhood

Derived

biquinary, quinarily, quinary sector, quintary

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