| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| quincunx |
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| SYLLABICATION: | quin·cunx |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw n k ngks |
| NOUN: | An arrangement of five objects with one at each corner of a rectangle or square and one at the center. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin qu nc nx, quncnc-, five twelfths : qunque, five; see penkwe in Appendix I + ncia, twelfth part of a unit; see ounce1.
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