twenty-oneth

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English

Etymology

From twenty-one +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtwɛnti ˈwʌnθ/

Adjective

twenty-oneth (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) twenty-first

Noun

twenty-oneth (plural twenty-oneths)

  1. (nonstandard) A fractional part of twenty-one, a twenty-first
    • 1844, “VI. New London Association.”, in Minutes of the General Association of Connecticut, at their Meeting in New London: June, 1844., page Appendix, p. 32:
      average ministerial age of pastors 22 years and nineteen twenty-oneths; average pastoral age, 13 years and ten twenty-oneths

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