Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cinquefoiled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cin-que-foiled
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.

Example Sentences

"The nave has, on the north side, one single trefoiled window, and another of two lights cinquefoiled. The south side has a window of two lights cinquefoiled, and another of two lights trefoiled."
"Edingthorpe, Norfolk. — A window with two ogee-headed lights, both cinquefoiled, supporting a centrepiece pointed above and ogee below. In it is inscribed a quatrefoil with double foliation."
"The E. wall is continued to form the end wall of the N. range and contains the E. window of the old Chapel under a gable flanked, on the N., by a square turret with stone quoins and one and two-light windows with cinquefoiled openings ..."

Etymology

From cinquefoil + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cinquefoil
Suffix: -ed

Questions

What does cinquefoiled mean?: Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
Where does cinquefoiled come from?: From cinquefoil + -ed.

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