[ 'kwɪnkʌŋks ]
■ noun ( plural ~es )
1》 an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre.
2》 Astrology an aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs.
Derivatives
quincuncial kwɪn'kʌnʃ(ə)l adjective
quincuncially adverb
Origin
C17: from L., lit. 'five twelfths', from quinque 'five' + uncia 'twelfth'.