zenzicubic, adj.

zenzicubic
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First published 2018

# † zenzicubicadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zenzicubic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zenzicubic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1500s.

### Where does the adjective zenzicubic come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1500s

The earliest known use of the adjective zenzicubic is in the mid 1500s.

OED's earliest evidence for zenzicubic is from 1557, in the writing of Robert Recorde, mathematician and physician.

### Nearby entries

1. Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹ 1654–
2. Zenonian, adj.² 1756–
3. Zenonian, adj.³ & n.² 1837–
4. Zenonic, adj.¹ 1779–
5. Zenonic, adj.² 1827–
6. Zenonism, n.¹ 1789–
7. Zenonism, n.² 1935–
8. zenzi-, comb. form
9. zenzic, n. & adj. 1557–71
10. zenzicube, adj. & n. 1557–1690
11. zenzicubic, adj.1557–71
12. zenzicubicube, n. a1690
13. zenzizenzic, adj. & n. 1557–1690
14. zenzizenzicube, n. a1690
15. zenzizenzicubic, adj. a1690
16. zenzizenzizenzic, n. 1557–1690
17. zeolite, n. 1770–
18. zeolitic, adj. 1782–
19. zeolitical, adj. 1788–
20. zeolitically, adv. 1926–
21. zeolitiform, adj. 1788–

## Etymology

After post-classical Latin zensicubicus (1544 or earlier).

## Meaning & use

Mathematics. rare. Obsolete.

1. 1557–71
   Designating the sixth power or root of a number.
   1. 1557

      > Zenzicubike, or Squared Cube.

      R. Recorde, Whetstone of Witte sig. Ki
   2. 1571

      > The Zenzicubike roote of the product is your desire.

      T. Digges in L. Digges's Geometrical Practise: Pantometria iii. sig. V jv
   mathematics
   1. solid c1430–1727
      Mathematics. Of number or measure: = cubic, adj. Obsolete.
   2. quadrate c1450–1759
      Mathematics. Of a number or root: square. Obsolete.
   3. whole c1450
      Mathematics. Designating a number obtained by multiplying a whole number by itself twice; cubic; = solid, adj. I.2b. Obsolete. rare.
   4. cubic 1551–
      Arithmetic, Algebra, etc. Relating to or involving the cube or third power of a quantity; of three dimensions, of the third degree.
   5. squared 1557–
      Multiplied by itself. Also figurative.
   6. sursolid 1557–1706
      Of the fifth degree; that is a fifth power or root; involving the fifth power of a quantity.
   7. zenzicubic 1557–71
      Designating the sixth power or root of a number.
   8. cubical?a1560–
      Arithmetic, Algebra, etc. = cubic, adj. A.3. Obsolete except in names of certain cubic curves, as cubical hyperbola, etc.
   9. zenzic 1571
      Of a number or root: square (cf. square, adj. I.2a, I.2b).
   10. quadrato-quadratic 1647–1890
       Of the fourth degree, quartic.
   11. quadrato-cubic 1654–1814
       (Of a number) equal to the fifth power of another number; (of an equation) of the fifth degree, quintic.
   12. biquadratic 1668–
       Relating to the square of a square, or fourth power, of a number.
   13. quadrato-quadratical 1668
       = quadrato-quadratic, adj.
   14. square-square a1679
       Biquadrate.
   15. powerful a1690
       Mathematics. Involving a square or higher power. Obsolete. rare.
   16. biquadrate 1806–
       The square of the square (power or root); the fourth power in arithmetic and algebra; = biquadratic, n.
   17. quintic 1851–
       Of the fifth degree; involving the fifth but no higher power of an unknown quantity or a variable.
   18. sextic 1851–
       Of the sixth degree or order; involving the sixth but no higher power of an unknown quantity or a variable.
   19. superlinear 1865–
       Mathematics. Involving a power greater than one; of an order greater than one. Cf. linear, adj. A.3a.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zenzi-, comb. form

zenzicubic, adj. was first published in 2018.