- siextigǽre
- adj 60-oared ship
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siextigǽre
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siextig — num sixty; ordinal siexteogoða … Old to modern English dictionary
Sixty — Six ty, a. [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. sa[ i]hs tigjus. See {Six}, {Ten}, and cf. {Sixteen}.] Six times ten; fifty nine and one more; threescore. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sixty — noun (plural sixties) Etymology: Middle English, from sixty, adjective, from Old English siextig, noun, group of sixty, from siex six + tig group of ten; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: 14th century 1. see number table 2. plural the numbers 60 … New Collegiate Dictionary
sixty — cardinal number (plural sixties) the number equivalent to the product of six and ten; ten more than fifty; 60. (Roman numeral: lx or LX.) Derivatives sixtieth ordinal number. sixtyfold adjective & adverb Origin OE siextig (see six … English new terms dictionary
sixty — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 the product of six and ten. 2 a symbol for this (60, lx, LX). 3 (in pl.) the numbers from 60 to 69, esp. the years of a century or of a person s life. 4 a set of sixty persons or things. adj. that amount to sixty. Phrases … Useful english dictionary
