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eighteenth

/ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/ noun

In Latin: duodevicesimus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about eighteenth at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Position 18 in a countable series of things.

adjective

  1. Coming next after the seventeenth in position.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English eightetenthe, eightetethe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

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