quiniblen.adj.

Brit.

/kwᵻˈnɪbl/, U.S.

/ˌkwɪˈnɪb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English quynybe, Middle English quynyble, Middle English–1500s 1700s– quinible. N.E.D. (1902) also records a form late Middle English quynnyble.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quīnque , English trible , treble n., quatrible , quatreble adj.

Etymology: Irregularly < quin- (in classical Latin quīnque five: see quinque- comb. form) + -ible (in trible, variant of treble n., quatrible, variant of quatreble adj., etc.).

A. n.

1. Early Music. A part pitched higher than the treble and quatreble; a high-pitched song or voice. Now historical.There is now some doubt as to whether the word was ever used as a strictly technical term, though there have been various conjectures as to an exact pitch, interval, or voice which it might have represented.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > upper parts

treblec1330

quiniblec1390

quatreblea1450

triple1600

triplum1626

superius1653

firsta1774

quintus1883

c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3332 Therto he song somtyme a loud quynyble [v.r. quynybe, rhyme rybibe].

c1540 Image Ipocrysy iii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. II. 434/1 They finger ther fidles And cry in quinibles.

1704 Cocker's Eng. Dict. Quinible, in Musick signifies a Treble.

1729 H. Carey Poems Several Occasions (ed. 3) 98 What tho' his Lays he cannot raise To soft Cuzzoni's Treble, Like Chaucer's Clark our tuneful Spark Can squeak a sweet Quinible.

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. i. vii. 86 Quinible..may rather mean a high part.., which in general lies above the tenor..and at others between the contretenor and the superius or treble.

1870 W. Chappell in Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 117/1 The quatreble began and ended a twelfth above [the plain song] and the quinible a fifteenth.

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 949/2 ‘Treble’..had apparent parallels, in the choral terminology of the Middle Ages, in Quadrible and Quinible, but these seem to have referred to singing in fourths and fifths respectively.

1980 New Grove Dict. Music XV. 509/2 The 15th-century English Treatises which refer to the quatreble do not mention the quinible... The English usage seems to be confined to the general sense of a high-pitched song or voice.

†2. A fivefold amount. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > multiplication by five > five times as much

quiniblea1450

quintuple1662

a1450 Musical Treat. in Speculum (1935) 10 266 (MED) Þe same proporcion that is betwene 2 smale numbris, þe same is be-twene here doubles & treblis & quatreblis & quiniblis.

†B. adj.

Fivefold; quintuple. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > five times as much

quiniblea1398

fivefold1557

quintuple?1563

quincuple1724

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 56^v In som treble, & in somme quatreble, & in somme quynyble [L. quintuplex].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quinible
释义	quiniblen.adj. Brit. /kwᵻˈnɪbl/, U.S. /ˌkwɪˈnɪb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English quynybe, Middle English quynyble, Middle English–1500s 1700s– quinible. N.E.D. (1902) also records a form late Middle English quynnyble. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quīnque , English trible , treble n., quatrible , quatreble adj. Etymology: Irregularly < quin- (in classical Latin quīnque five: see quinque- comb. form) + -ible (in trible, variant of treble n., quatrible, variant of quatreble adj., etc.). A. n. 1. Early Music. A part pitched higher than the treble and quatreble; a high-pitched song or voice. Now historical.There is now some doubt as to whether the word was ever used as a strictly technical term, though there have been various conjectures as to an exact pitch, interval, or voice which it might have represented. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > upper parts treblec1330 quiniblec1390 quatreblea1450 triple1600 triplum1626 superius1653 firsta1774 quintus1883 c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3332 Therto he song somtyme a loud quynyble [v.r. quynybe, rhyme rybibe]. c1540 Image Ipocrysy iii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. II. 434/1 They finger ther fidles And cry in quinibles. 1704 Cocker's Eng. Dict. Quinible, in Musick signifies a Treble. 1729 H. Carey Poems Several Occasions (ed. 3) 98 What tho' his Lays he cannot raise To soft Cuzzoni's Treble, Like Chaucer's Clark our tuneful Spark Can squeak a sweet Quinible. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. i. vii. 86 Quinible..may rather mean a high part.., which in general lies above the tenor..and at others between the contretenor and the superius or treble. 1870 W. Chappell in Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 117/1 The quatreble began and ended a twelfth above [the plain song] and the quinible a fifteenth. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 949/2 ‘Treble’..had apparent parallels, in the choral terminology of the Middle Ages, in Quadrible and Quinible, but these seem to have referred to singing in fourths and fifths respectively. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music XV. 509/2 The 15th-century English Treatises which refer to the quatreble do not mention the quinible... The English usage seems to be confined to the general sense of a high-pitched song or voice. †2. A fivefold amount. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [noun] > multiplication by five > five times as much quiniblea1450 quintuple1662 a1450 Musical Treat. in Speculum (1935) 10 266 (MED) Þe same proporcion that is betwene 2 smale numbris, þe same is be-twene here doubles & treblis & quatreblis & quiniblis. †B. adj. Fivefold; quintuple. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > five times as much quiniblea1398 fivefold1557 quintuple?1563 quincuple1724 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 56^v In som treble, & in somme quatreble, & in somme quynyble [L. quintuplex]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1390
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