quinquefarious
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prettygoodwordquinquefarious (kwin-kwi-FAER-ree-uhs) - (rare) adj., arranged in five rows, lines, or groups.
Some dictionaries specify in five vertical rows, but the word is most used in botanical settings where it's clear from context it describes a more general penta-partate thing. Some dictionaries also specify that this isn't just (rare) but (obs.), which I have no trouble believing. Some dictionaries specify this is merely a synonym for pentastichous, but as far as I can tell that's even more (rare) if not (obs.) than quinquefarious. Coined from Latin quīnque, five + ferō, carry/bear.
So, yay another word with two Qs, even if it's not as good as quaquaversal.
---L.
Some dictionaries specify in five vertical rows, but the word is most used in botanical settings where it's clear from context it describes a more general penta-partate thing. Some dictionaries also specify that this isn't just (rare) but (obs.), which I have no trouble believing. Some dictionaries specify this is merely a synonym for pentastichous, but as far as I can tell that's even more (rare) if not (obs.) than quinquefarious. Coined from Latin quīnque, five + ferō, carry/bear.
So, yay another word with two Qs, even if it's not as good as quaquaversal.
---L.
