- sixtigǽre
- adj 60-oared ship
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
sixtigǽre
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sixtig — num sixty; ordinal sixteogoða, sixtigoða … Old to modern English dictionary
s(w)eks — Six. Oldest form *s(w)ek̑s, becoming *s(w)eks in centum languages. I. Form *seks. 1. six; sixteen, sixty, from Old English s(i)ex, six, with derivatives sixtig, sixty, and sixtȳne, sixteen ( … Universalium
sixty — /siks tee/, n., pl. sixties, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times six. 2. a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. sixties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 60 through 69, as in referring … Universalium
sixty — six|ty [ˈsıksti] number [: Old English; Origin: sixtig, from six six ] 1.) the number 60 ▪ sixty years ago 2.) the sixties [plural] also the 60s, the 1960s the years from 1960 to 1969 ▪ The book was written in the sixties … Dictionary of contemporary English
sixty — O.E. sixtig, from siex (see SIX (Cf. six)) + tig (see TY (Cf. ty) (1)). Phrase sixty four dollar question is 1942, from radio quiz show where that was the top prize. Sixty nine in sexual sense is first attested 1888, as a translation of Fr. faire … Etymology dictionary
sixty — /ˈsɪksti / (say sikstee) noun (plural sixties) 1. a cardinal number, ten times six. 2. a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX. 3. (plural) the numbers from 60 to 69 of a series, especially with reference to the years of a person s age, or the… …
sixtieth — [siks′tē ith] adj. [ME sixtithe < OE sixteogotha < sixtig: see SIXTY & TH2] 1. preceded by fifty nine others in a series; 60th 2. designating any of the sixty equal parts of something n. 1. the one following the fifty ninth … English World dictionary
sixty — [siks′tē] adj. [ME sixti < OE sixtig: see SIX & TY2] six times ten n. pl. sixties the cardinal number between fifty nine and sixty one; 60; LX the sixties the numbers or years, as of a century, from sixty through sixty nine … English World dictionary
