Entry: quincunx (n.)
In context: "...Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the brier's yeasty musk coming up from the hillside's slopes."
Definition: In extended use: an arrangement of five objects in this pattern; a set of five so arranged.
Other: Very neat looking word. If you're playing Scrabble and have QX, you might also look for:
EXEQUY
EQUINOX
QUIXOTE
QUADPLEX
EXEQUIAL
QUIXOTIC
EXEQUIES
QUIXOTES
QUIXOTRY
EXEQUATAR
EXCHEQUER
EXQUISITE
EQUINOXES
QUIXOTISM
...and so on!
SNOOT score: 3
Page:80
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive Jest is a vocabulary-building and SNOOT-approved word-of-the-day blog centered around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
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