quinquefoil

[kwing-kwuh-foil, kwin-]

quin·que·foil

[kwing-kwuh-foil, kwin-]
noun
cinquefoil (def. 2).

Origin:
1610–20; quinque- + -foil (as in trefoil)
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Quinquefoil is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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