quink

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quink

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Blend of quin- + quark, suggesting a fifth-level building-block of matter, as if quark were derived from Latin quartus (“fourth”).

noun quinks

A hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon. For instance, quarks now are supposed to have their own elemental constituents: prequarks, maons, quinks, or rishons; so far there are ten kinds of them.

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@misc{quink_2026,
  title = {quink},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quink},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}