| 单词 |
fiftieth |
| 释义 |
fiftieth, a. (n.)|ˈfɪftɪɪθ|
Forms: 1–2 fiftigoða, -geða, fifteogoða, -gaðe, 2–3 fiftuða, -ðe, 3 fiftugeðe, 4–6 fif-, fyftith(e, -tyth(e, 6– fiftieth.
[OE. fíftigoða:—earlier *fíftigunþa, corresponding to ON. fimmtugánde (Sw., Norw. femtiande, Da. femtiende), f. fifty on the analogy of tenth.
In the other Teut. langs. the ordinal suffix is different: OFris. fîftichsta (Du. vijftigste), OHG. fimfzugôsto (MHG. vünfzegeste, mod.Ger. fünfzigste.]
The ordinal numeral belonging to the cardinal fifty. fiftieth part: one of fifty equal parts into which a quantity may be divided.
c1000ælfric Gram. (Z.) 283 Quinquagesimus se fifteo⁓goða. c1175Lamb. Hom. 87 Þe fiftuða dei fram þan estertid. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 117 Þe fiftugeðe dai after estrene dai. 1382Wyclif Num. viii. 25 Whanne the fyftithe ȝeer of age thei han fulfillid. 1530Palsgr. 372 Cinquantiesme..fyftyth. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 495 The fiftieth Chapter sheweth the understanding of the same text by Effrem. 1611Bible Lev. xxv. 11 A Iubile shall that fiftieth yeere be vnto you. 1721Newton Opticks iii. xxi. (ed. 3) 325 The fiftieth part of an Inch. 1868Lockyer Heavens (ed. 3) 310 The fiftieth part of a second of arc. 1800Young in Phil. Trans. XCI. 48 Their difference was exactly one-fifth of an inch. To this we must add a fiftieth. |
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