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Definition of Little phoebe
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
Exact synonyms: 5, Cinque, Fin, Five, Fivesome, Pentad, Phoebe, Quint, Quintet, Quintuplet, V
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Phoebe
Literary usage of Little phoebe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art-literature Readers by Eulalie Osgood Grover, Frances Elizabeth Chutter (1909)
"Next morning there was only one little Phoebe that merrily sang in the trees by
... The next morning there was only one little Phoebe-bird with his nest, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life and Religious Labors of Edward Hicks: Late of Newtown by Edward Hicks (1851)
"Not quite so encouraging respecting our dear little Phoebe Ann, ... I feel almost
as if I had been at the funeral of my dear little Phoebe Ann—the corpse of ..."
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