Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinquagesimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quin-qua-ges-i-mal
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.

Example Sentences

"Hence the time of our sorrow and affliction is fixed at forty days; the state of blessed joy which shall be hereafter is figured in the quinquagesimal festival, i.e. the fifty days from Easter to Pentecost."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quinquagesimus (“fiftieth”) + -al.

Word Breakdown

Root: quinquagesimus
Suffix: al

Questions

What does quinquagesimal mean?: Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.
Where does quinquagesimal come from?: From Medieval Latin quinquagesimus (“fiftieth”) + -al.

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