Quintate Definition

verb

(rare) Seize or destroy one fifth (of something).

Wiktionary
adjective

(botany) An erroneous formation where quinate is meant.

Wiktionary
(chemistry)
Wiktionary
noun

(botany, rare) An erroneous formation where quinate is meant.

Wiktionary

(mathematics, rare, of a quinary-decimal number system) The set of the series of integers that occur between a multiple of five and the next (exclusive of those multiples).

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Quintate

Noun

Singular:
quintate
Plural:
quintates

Origin of Quintate

  • First attested in verbal use in 1812, in adjectival use in 1851, and in nominal use in 1889; from the Classical Latin quīntus (“fifth”); in the verbal sense after decimate, and in the botanic senses by mistaken analogy with ternate.

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to quintate using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

QQUQUI

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

quintate

Words Starting With Q and Ending With E

Starts With Q & Ends With EStarts With QU & Ends With EStarts With Q & Ends With TE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With Q8 Letter Words Ending With E