Secondth

//ˈsɛkən(t)θ// adj, adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonstandard form of second. alt-of, nonstandard
Adjective
  1. 1
    Nonstandard form of second. alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable

    "Emanuel, the secondth daye of August, 1619: A Record kept to all posterity that John Whettstone merchaunte, late of Rodden in the parishe of Abbotsburye. . . . .gave unto the Towne of Dorchester in the County of Dorset five hundred pounds to the buyldinge of an Almeshouse for poore folk […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Nonstandard form of second. alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable

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"Emanuel, the secondth daye of August, 1619: A Record kept to all posterity that John Whettstone merchaunte, late of Rodden in the parishe of Abbotsburye. . . . .gave unto the Towne of Dorchester in the County of Dorset five hundred pounds to the buyldinge of an Almeshouse for poore folk […]"

Etymology

From second + -th (ordinal suffix), by analogy with fourth, fifth, etc. Compare the replacement of Early Modern English fift and sixt with fifth and sixth.

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