quinquefoil
American
[kwing-kwuh-foil, kwin-]
/ ˈkwɪŋ kwəˌfɔɪl, ˈkwɪn- /
noun
Etymology
Origin of quinquefoil
1610–20; quinque- + -foil (as in trefoil )
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