quincuple

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English

Adjective

quincuple (not comparable)

  1. (nonce word, obsolete) fivefold; applied to five concentric circles
    • 1776, William Stukeley, Itinerarium curiosum:
      The four parts which make up this monument, as we said, are the cove, two single circles, and a quincuple circle.