Word of the Week: Quincunx

By Joseph Kibe on 29 January 2007 8:00 AM
Quincunx (noun)

An arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center, used for the five on dice or playing cards, and in planting trees

"When the drill sergeant ordered each group of men into a quincunx, only the astrologist's group managed the feat."

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