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Eighteenth

//ˌeɪˈtiːnθ// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the seventeenth in position wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The person or thing in the eighteenth position.
  2. 2
    position 18 in a countable series of things wordnet
  3. 3
    One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.
  4. 4
    A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday. informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English eiȝtenþe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle English eiȝtenþe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

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