sixty-sixth

adj, noun — 2 senses

sixty-sixth

adj

/ˌsɪksti ˈsɪk(s)θ/ · /ˌsɪksti ˈsɪks/

Etymology From sixty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).

1

The ordinal form of the number sixty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 66 of a sequence.

  • The answer appears on the sixty-sixth page of the book.
  • She finished sixty-sixth in the race.
1 more example
  • Though in his sixty-sixth year, I have never heard him express any dissatisfaction at the occasional hardships which we have had to encounter.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

sixty-sixth

noun

Etymology From sixty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).

1

One of sixty-six equal parts of a whole.

  • A sixty-sixth of 1320 is 20.

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