quint

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

quint, n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth, quinque five. See Five.].

•  A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.  [1913 Webster]
•  The interval of a fifth.  [1913 Webster]
•  one of a set of quintuplets.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quint, n.
1 a sequence of five cards in the same suit in piquet etc.
2 US a quintuplet.

Idiom

quint major a quint headed by an ace.

Etymology

F quinte f. L quinta fem. of quintus fifth f. quinque five

ROGET THESAURUS

quint

Five

N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.