quinfecta

n. an achievement made up of five major parts. Also quintfecta. Subjects: English, Sports & Recreation

Etymological Note: From “quinque” or “quin(t)us” Latin for “five” and “fifth,” plus “perfecta,” a winning horse-racing bet in which the first and second finishers are predicted in the correct order, and the “trifecta,” in which the first three finishers are predicted in the correct order.

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Citations: 1997 [Bill Wright] Usenet: rec.climbing (Feb. 25) “T.R. - Flatiron Quinfecta”: Our goal today was to climb all five of the Flatirons that dot the east slope of Green Mountain.…Getting around and onto the Pullman Car was one of the hardest section of climbing in the Quinfecta.…he entire Quinfecta had taken us 9 hours and 10 minutes, car to car. 1999 Gary Glen Price @ University of Wisconsin-Madison Usenet: soc.college.admissions (Nov. 28) “Re: SAT Scores and College Admission”: Several years ago, one of the regulars on this newsgroup (Ron Medley? AsiaSunset?) dubbed the 1600 + 800+800+800 achievement the “quintfecta.” 2000 St. Petersburg Times (Oct. 29) “Jockey posts ‘quinfecta’ Series” p. 1C: Jockey posts “quinfecta” Series…Laffit Pincay Jr. rode a record five stakes winners Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. 2007 Scott Martelle Top of the Ticket (Sept. 22) “Sunday morning: Can’t-miss Hillary TV”: If guessing three winners in three races at the horse track is called a trifecta, what do you call Hillary Clinton’s scheduled near-sweep of the Sunday news shows? We count five separate appearances. Would that be a quinfecta, then?

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