Definitions

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  • adjective nonstandard second, in ordinal numbers higher than "twentieth"

Etymologies

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From two +‎ -th. Compare Dutch tweede ("second"), German zweite ("second").

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Examples

  • You note that twoth is used in mathematics and computing, and you mention the terms nth and zeroth.

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  • I've just done a quick search and found chapter the twoth, the twoth of July, part the twoth, and many more, as well as quite a wide range of jocular expressions relying upon it.

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  • I don't think this use of twoth is especially frequent, but it exists.

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  • I don't think this use of twoth is especially frequent, but it exists.

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  • We find such expressions as 'the twoth-complement number'.

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  • This is twoth in the sense of 'second', rhyming with tooth; not the combination of twee and Goth, rhyming with moth.

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  • I've just done a quick search and found chapter the twoth, the twoth of July, part the twoth, and many more, as well as quite a wide range of jocular expressions relying upon it.

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  • US columnist Larry Levy has a piece on two-player games headed The twoth, the whole twoth, and nothing but the twoth.

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  • US columnist Larry Levy has a piece on two-player games headed The twoth, the whole twoth, and nothing but the twoth.

    On twoth DC 2008

  • We find such expressions as 'the twoth-complement number'.

    On twoth DC 2008

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