quincunx

Meaning of quincunx

noun
  1. an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre, used for the five on a dice or playing card, and in planting trees.
  2. an aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs.

mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘five twelfths’, from quinque ‘five’ + uncia ‘twelfth’.

Information about quincunx

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of quincunx is: quincunxes.
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Hyphenation of quincunx

quin-cunx

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • quincunx is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with quincunx

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