quinquepartite, a.
(kwɪnkwɪˈpɑːtaɪt)
[ad. L. quinquepartītus, f. quinque five + partītus pa. pple. of partīrī to divide: cf. F. quinquépartite.]
Divided into, consisting of, five parts.
| 1592 West 1st Pt. Symbol. §47 These deedes indented are not only bypartite..but also may be made tripartite,..quinquepartite [etc.]. 1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 107 A sort of quinquepartite or stellated eggs. 1725 Lond. Gaz. No. 6377/1 The Quinquepartite Indenture. 1760 P. Miller Introd. Bot. 24 A quinquepartite leaf. 1879 Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 197 It may be adopted on one side only, and so be quinquepartite [vaulting]. |