/kwin tup"lit, -tooh"plit, -tyooh"-, kwin"too plit, -tyoo-/ , n.
1. any group or combination of five, esp. of the same kind.
2. quintuplets , five children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
3. one of five such children or offspring.
4. Music. a group of five notes of equal value performed in the time normally taken for four.
[ 1870-75; QUINTUPLE + -ET ]