quint-comb. form
/kwɪnˈtɛnɪəl/, U.S. /kwɪnˈtɛniəl/. Used to form nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘relating to, consisting of, or having five (of the thing specified)’, as quintagenarian, quintopoly; quintangular, quintennial, †quintpartite adjs.Some of these have parallel forms at quinque- comb. form, by which the sense is more usually represented. See also quinti- comb. form.
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the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun]
one-year-old?1609
cinquanter1611
sexagenariana1646
septuagene1657
quintagenarian1687
threescore1721
septuagenarian1744
centenarian1747
seven-year-old1762
septuagenary1792
centenary1800
nonagenarian1804
sexagenary1814
octogenarian1815
nine-year-old1828
octogenary1828
semi-centenarian1828
quinquagenarian1830
quadragenarian1839
seventeen-year-old1858
70-year-old1870
twenty-firster1912
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years
seven yeara1393
quinquenniala1475
triennial1641
septennary1644
biennial1645
septenarian1647
septennial1648
diennial1656
quadrennial1656
trienniated1661
quintennial1687
semi-millenary1728
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] > divided into five or having five divisions
five-fingered1562
quinquepartite1577
five-leaved1658
quintpartite1687
quinarian1765
the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal > pentagonal
five-squared1535
five-square1552
cinquangled1557
pentagonal?a1560
pentagon1570
pentelater1571
quinquangle1590
Pentagonian1598
quinquangled1636
quinquangular1636
pentangular1661
quintangular1687
pentelateral1728
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > pentagonal
cinquangled1557
pentagonal?a1560
pentagon1570
pentelater1571
quinquangle1590
Pentagonian1598
quinquangled1636
quinquangular1636
pentangular1661
quintangular1687
pentelateral1728
pentagonoid1882
1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 52 The Indenture will at least be, quint~pertite, and Parties are not so mortal as Men.
1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting xi. viii. 631 Three triangles drawn thro' each other with five Lines, constituting a quintangular figure.
1773 Friends xiii. 135 I fear that in these Times, we must make Use of a quintennial Divisor, only.
1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 27 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 206 The sides of wells are supported by large timbers, laid..so as to make the form of the wells quintangular.
1834 F. E. von Koch Let. 21 Nov. in Lewin Lett. (1909) I. ii. 326 Politics are still manufacturing in the quintennial diet.
1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. ix. 168 A literary quintagenarian at your elbow.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 5 Apr. 2/1 The Quintangular Tournament which followed this event.
1925 Jrnl. Philos. 22 560 Dr. Louis H. Gray..will deliver the first quintennial course of lectures..at Wadham College, Oxford University.
1948 C. E. Dankert Contemp. Unionism in U.S. xiii. 210 Although biennial conventions are most popular among these organizations, annual conventions are very common, and quadrennial and quintennial conventions are not rare.
1982 A. Sampson Changing Anat. Brit. (1983) xxix. 454 The quintopoly of the big five has come increasingly under fire.
2004 R. Balmer Encycl. Evangelism 618 The general conference meets every five years. Between quintennial sessions, the executive committee manages administrative tasks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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