eighteenth
eighteenth Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Constituting number eighteen in a sequence; coming immediately after the seventeenth in position or order.
"The Enlightenment was a major intellectual movement during the eighteenth century."
Constituting one of eighteen equal parts into which a whole may be divided.
"Each heir was entitled to an eighteenth share of the family estate."
• noun
The person or thing in position number eighteen in a countable series, or the eighteenth day of a month.
"Her birthday falls on the eighteenth of October."
One of eighteen equal parts of a divisible whole.
"A single hole represents one eighteenth of a standard golf round."
• Rhymes for eighteenth
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English eightetethe, from Old English eahtateotha, formed from eahtatiene ('eighteen') and the ordinal suffix -tha.
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