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noun
1.
an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
2.
Piquet. a sequence of five cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, jack, and ten (quint major), or a king, queen, jack, ten, and nine (quint minor).
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Quint
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quint.
(in prescriptions) fifth.
Origin:
< Latin quīntus
< Latin quīntus
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| quint1 | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an organ stop sounding a note a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed |
| 2. | piquet a sequence of five cards in the same suit |
| [C17: from French quinte, from Latin quintus fifth] | |
| quint2 (kwɪnt) | |
| —n | |
| (US), (Canadian) short for quintuplet Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): quin | |
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Word Origin & History
quint
1526, "a tax of one-fifth," from M.Fr. quint, from L. quintus, ordinal to quinque "five" (see quinque-). First attested 1935 as a shortening of quintuplet (Amer.Eng.; British preferred quin); used originally of the Dionne quintuplets, born May 28, 1934, near Callander, Ontario, Canada.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| quint quintuplet |
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