twentieth, th
(adjective) coming next after the nineteenth in position
twentieth
(noun) position 20 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
twentieth (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the number twenty.
• 20th, 20th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XX
twentieth (plural twentieths)
A person or thing in the twentieth position.
One of twenty equal parts of a whole.
Source: Wiktionary
Twen"ti*eth, a. Etym: [From Twenty; cf. AS. twentigo. See Twenty.]
1. Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
2. Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Twen"ti*eth, n.
1. The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
