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单词 quinquagint
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quinquagintn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quīnquāgintā.
Etymology: < classical Latin quīnquāgintā fifty < quīnque five (see quinque- comb. form; the medial -ā- is due to the influence of quadrāgintā : see Quadragesima n.) + -gintā , suffix forming cardinal numerals from thirty to ninety, related to decem ten (see decem- comb. form). O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (kwi·nkwădʒint) /ˈkwɪnkwədʒɪnt/.
Obsolete.
A group of fifty persons.Apparently an isolated use.
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1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. II. xiv. 264 There are 220 voters, it appears;..but as parties are pretty equally balanced, the votes of the quinquagint..carry an immense weight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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