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- verb rare
Seize ordestroy onefifth (ofsomething ). - adjective botany An erroneous formation where
quinate is meant. - noun botany, rare An erroneous formation where
quinate is meant. - noun mathematics, rare The
set of theseries ofintegers that occur between amultiple offive and the next (exclusive of those multiples).
Etymologies
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First attested in verbal use in 1812, in adjectival use in 1851, and in nominal use in 1889; from the Classical Latin quīntus ("fifth"); in the verbal sense after decimate, and in the botanic senses by mistaken analogy with ternate.
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