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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

quinarius

, from

quini

five each, akin to

quinque

five: cf. F.

quinaire

. See

Consisting of five; arranged by fives.

Boyle.

Quinary system

(Zool.)

a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.

Adj.

[L. quinarius, from quinque, five.] Consisting of five.] Consisting of five; as a quinary number.