quintuplicate

[ noun adjective kwin-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-; verb kwin-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo- ]

noun

1. a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.

adjective

1. noting or consisting of five identical parts; fivefold.
2. pertaining to a fifth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

, quin·tu·pli·cat·ed, quin·tu·pli·cat·ing.

1. to produce or copy in quintuplicate.
2. to make five times as great, as by multiplying.

quintuplicate

adjective

1. fivefold or quintuple

verb

1. to multiply or be multiplied by five

noun

1. a group or set of five things

Derived Forms

• quinˌtupliˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• quin·tupli·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of quintuplicate¹

1650–60; quintu(ple) + -plicate, after duplicate, triplicate, etc.

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in quintuplicate, in five identical copies.

Example Sentences

Not a rivet fell, but that its fall was noted—in quintuplicate.

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Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.

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