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Word: Quinary
Speech Type: Adjective
early 17th century: from Latin quinarius, from quini ‘five at once, a set of five’, from quinque ‘five’
ˈkwʌɪn(ə)ri
fifth in order or rank
Short Definition:fifth in order or rank
Examples:- she discusses other mixtures, including those of the secondary through quinary colours
relating to or denoting a former system of classification in which the animal kingdom is divided into five subkingdoms, and each subkingdom into five classes.
Short Definition:of former system of classification in which animal kingdom is divided into five subkingdoms
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