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Added 10 October 2026

vicenary

/ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/ adjective

Latin root: vīcēnārius Wiktionary

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Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
vicenary scale

noun

An officer in command of twenty men.

Origin

From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary.

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