twelfth, th
(adjective) coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
twelfth, one-twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal
(noun) one part in twelve equal parts
twelfth
(noun) position 12 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
twelfth (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
• (ordinal form of twelve): 12th, 12th, XIIth; XII (in names of monarchs and popes); dozenth
twelfth (plural twelfths)
One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth
• (one of twelve equal parts): dozenth
Source: Wiktionary
Twelfth, a. Etym: [For twelft, OE. twelfte, AS. twelfta. See Twelve.]
1. Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
2. Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
Twelfth, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
2. The next in order after the eleventh.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
