quincunxes

Meaning of quincunxes

plural 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 quincunxes

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

quin-cunxes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • quincunxes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with quincunxes

phalanxes, Sphinxes, androsphinxes, criosphinxes, hieracosphinxes, jinxes, minxes, outjinxes, salpinxes, sphinxes, spninxes, syrinxes, yunxes, cytopharynxes, hypopharynxes, jynxes, laryngopharynxes, larynxes, lynxes, nasopharynxes, oropharynxes, pharynxes

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