单词 | quinti- |
释义 | quinti-comb. form 1. Forming adjectives (chiefly ad hoc formations) with the sense ‘relating to, consisting of, or having five (of the thing specified)’, ‘fivefold’, as quintilingual, quintivalent, etc. Cf. quint- comb. form, quinque- comb. form. ΚΠ 1867 A. W. Hofmann in Proc. Royal Soc. 1866–7 15 58 The quantivalence of the residuary group again increases, the groups becoming quadrivalent and quintivalent. 1967 Economist 19 Aug. p. xxix/1 It is typical..that Mr Stepan..should have put an energetic, quintilingual engineer..in the key position of export director. 2. Forming nouns (chiefly ad hoc formations) with the sense ‘being the fifth, involving a fifth, constituting the fifth part (of the thing specified)’, as quintiped, quintisternal, etc. ΚΠ 1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 240/2 Quintisternal, the fifth osseous portion of the sternum. It corresponds to the 5th and 6th intercostal spaces. 1839 C. W. H. Pauli Analecta Hebraica xxviii. 205 The so-called Quadri- and Quintiliterals are compounds. 1889 H. MacColl Mr. Stranger's Sealed Packet v. 50 All the creatures..were quadrupeds; there were no quintipeds, sexipeds, or anything of that sort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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