"fivesome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: five + -some Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|five|some}} five + -some Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fivesome (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) By fives; with five Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fivesome-en-adj-cQnGojqL

Noun

Forms: fivesomes [plural]
Etymology: five + -some Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|five|some}} five + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} fivesome (plural fivesomes)
  1. A group of five people or things. Synonyms (group of five): pentad Translations (group of five): kvinopo (Esperanto), viisikko (Finnish), quintuor [masculine] (French), quinteto [masculine] (Galician), piątka [feminine] (Polish), pięcioro (Polish), quinteto [masculine] (Portuguese), пятеро́ (pjateró) (Russian), пятёрка (pjatjórka) [feminine] (Russian), quinteto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fivesome-en-noun-L2Xvn5lN Disambiguation of 'group of five': 76 24 Disambiguation of 'group of five': 76 24
  2. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people. Categories (topical): Five, Sex
    Sense id: en-fivesome-en-noun-~3Eib7NH Disambiguation of Five: 25 28 48 Disambiguation of Sex: 4 12 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -some Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 7 87 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 9 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 7 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 11 11 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quintet

Inflected forms

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