Associations to the word «Quintuplet»

Wiktionary

QUINTUPLET, noun. One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
QUINTUPLET, noun. (music) A tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.
QUINTUPLET, noun. A collection or combination of five things.
QUINTUPLET, noun. A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

Dictionary definition

QUINTUPLET, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
QUINTUPLET, noun. One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
QUINTUPLET, noun. A set of five similar things considered as a unit.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats