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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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.
