? Obs. [It., f. quinto fifth: cf. quartetto.] 1. = QUINTET 1.
1792. A. Young, Trav. France, 201. It was the Impresario in Augusta, by … Cimarosa; there is a quintetto in it.
1795. Mason, Ch. Mus., i. 77. The finest Quintetto of Haydn.
2. = QUINTET 2 b.
1779. Sheridan, Critic, II. ii. A very orthodox quintetto!
1816. T. L. Peacock, Headlong Hall, vi. This amiable … quintetto were busily employed in flattering one another.
