| 单词 | quintangular |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquintangular 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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