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单词 quincuple
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quincupleadj.

Brit. /ˈkwɪŋkjᵿpl/, U.S. /ˈkwɪŋkjəp(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quincuplus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quincuplus (6th cent. in Boethius), alteration (after classical Latin quadruplus quadruple adj.) of quinquiplus fivefold (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin quīnque five (see quinque- comb. form) + -plus (in e.g. duplus double adj.1). Compare earlier duple adj., triple adj., quadruple adj.In Quincuple Psalter n. after post-classical Latin Quincuplex Psalterium (c1509).
rare.
= quintuple adj. quincuple time = quintuple time at quintuple adj. 2 (obsolete). Quincuple Psalter n. a fivefold text of the Psalter containing the three Latin versions of Jerome, the Old Latin version, and a harmonized version, compiled by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (c1450–1536).
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1724 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Quincuple, five fold.
1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 276 The sescuplex, which we should, by analogy, perhaps rather call quincuple time, as it would make a bar of five equal notes.
1914 G. V. Jourdan Movem. towards Catholic Reform Early XVI Cent. iv. 88 If he [sc. Lefèvre] therein advanced the science of textual criticism not a single step, he at least, in his Quincuple Psalter, revived the conception of it that had existed in the days of Alcuin and Theodulf.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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