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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

quint

2[kwint]
–noun Informal.
a quintuplet.

Origin:
1930–35; shortened form

quint.

(in prescriptions) fifth.

Origin:
< L quīntus
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quint 1   (kwĭnt)   
n.  A sequence of five cards of the same suit in one hand in piquet.

[French quinte, from Old French, interval of a fifth (in music), feminine of quint, fifth, from Latin quīntus; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
quint 2   (kwĭnt)   
n.  A quintuplet.
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: quint
Pronunciation: 'kwint
Function: noun
: QUINTUPLET
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
quint
quintuplet
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