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   quintet

   /kwɪnˈtɛt/

   noun

   • 1. a group of five people playing music or singing together: "a jazz quintet played hypnotic Chicago blues"
   • ▪ a musical composition for a quintet: "the music of a Mozart quintet"
   • ▪ any group of five people or things: "a novel about a quintet of interrelated lovers"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French quintette or Italian quintetto, from quinto ‘fifth’, from Latin quintus.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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