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quinquepartite, a.|kwɪnkwɪˈpɑːtaɪt| [ad. L. quinquepartītus, f. quinque five + partītus pa. pple. of partīrī to divide: cf. F. quinquépartite.] Divided into, consisting of, five parts.
1592West 1st Pt. Symbol. §47 These deedes indented are not only bypartite..but also may be made tripartite,..quinquepartite [etc.]. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 107 A sort of quinquepartite or stellated eggs. 1725Lond. Gaz. No. 6377/1 The Quinquepartite Indenture. 1760P. Miller Introd. Bot. 24 A quinquepartite leaf. 1879Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 197 It may be adopted on one side only, and so be quinquepartite [vaulting]. |