单词 | quincupedal |
释义 | † quincupedaln.adj. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A. n. A length or measure of five feet. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quincupedal, a measure or rule of five foot long. B. adj. Five feet in length; having five feet. Cf. quinquepedal adj. at quinque- comb. form . ΚΠ 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Quincupedal, (lat.) having five feet, or of the measure of five feet. 1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Quincupedal, of five foot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1656 |
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