sinque
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Noun edit
sinque (plural sinques)
- Obsolete spelling of cinque
- 1624 June 6 (licensing date), John Fletcher, “A VVife for a Moneth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 56, column 2:
- Yes goody filly, / And you had ſuch a Pipe, that piped ſo ſweetly, / You would dance to death; you have learnt your ſinque a pace.
References edit
- “sinque”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque. Compare Venetian sinque, Italian cinque.
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sinque
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Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.
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sinque