quincuncial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl/
Etymology
From Latin quincuncialis.
Meanings
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Arranged in a quincunx.
In architecture the quincunxial shape was considered a sort of housing for the divine power – a battery, if you like, which gathered into itself the divinity as it tried to pour earthward, to earth itself – just like an electrical current does.
1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1297:Of this Quincunciall Ordination the Ancients practiſed much[,] diſcourſed little; […]
1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter I.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 98:
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Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior.
quincuncial aestivation
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more quincuncial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most quincuncial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
quincuncially · quincuncial phyllotaxy
Translations (2)
ro cvincuncial (arranged in a quincunx) · pl kwinkunksowy (arranged in a quincunx)