Quattuordecimal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Based upon the number fourteen. not-comparable, rare
"But perhaps the most surprising “most-needed additions” of this kind are “teddera, peddera, pimp, and yan-a-dick,” which are said to be numerals used for counting sheep. It is not quite clear what numbers these additions displace or whether the shepherd has really adopted a “quattuor-decimal” system."
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More examples"But perhaps the most surprising “most-needed additions” of this kind are “teddera, peddera, pimp, and yan-a-dick,” which are said to be numerals used for counting sheep. It is not quite clear what numbers these additions displace or whether the shepherd has really adopted a “quattuor-decimal” system."
Etymology
From Latin quattuordecim + -al.
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