Definitions
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- adjective '
first ', or other ordinal derivatives of 'one', such as hundred-and-oneth or minus-oneth - noun etc. A fractional part of an integer ending in one
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Examples
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I can recall playing with this word as a child, and saying such things as twenty-oneth and twenty-twoth.
Archive 2008-11-01 DC 2008
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I can recall playing with this word as a child, and saying such things as twenty-oneth and twenty-twoth.
On twoth DC 2008
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Certainly, the force of analogy from the usual -th ending has had an impact on the irregular first, second, and third, so we do find oneth and threeth as well.
On twoth DC 2008
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Certainly, the force of analogy from the usual -th ending has had an impact on the irregular first, second, and third, so we do find oneth and threeth as well.
Archive 2008-11-01 DC 2008
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Onety-oneth under my orders suffered comparatively little.
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“Forward, Onety-oneth!” cried I, in a voice of thunder.
Burlesques 2006
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Onety-oneth under my orders suffered comparatively little.
Burlesques 2006
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“Forward, Onety-oneth!” cried I, in a voice of thunder.
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For the tho usand and oneth time I ask you all to leave me in peace!
The Wife 2004
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I kept the remark unuttered and saved her Majesty the vexation of hearing it the ten-thousand-and-oneth time.
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