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quint major

 
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–noun
See under quint 1 (def. 2).
Origin:
1655–65
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quint

1  [kwint, kint]
–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).
Origin:
1520–30; < F quinte (fem. of quint) < L quīnta, fem. of quīntus fifth
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: quint
Pronunciation: 'kwint
Function: noun
: QUINTUPLET
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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