thirteenth

[ thur-teenth ]

adjective

1. next after the twelfth; being the ordinal number for 13.
2. being one of 13 equal parts.

noun

1. a thirteenth part, especially of one (1/13).
2. the thirteenth member of a series.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thirteenth¹

before 900; thirteen + -th ²; replacing Middle English thrittenthe ( three, tenth ), Old English thryttēotha ( tithe )

Example Sentences

The figures also showed that food inflation fell for the thirteenth month in a row to 3.2%.

From BBC

Not for the first—or even the thirteenth—time, the ablutionist waited impatiently for his victim to fall over dead.

From Literature

“I think we’ve all established that no one’s asleep. Why don’t we introduce ourselves? I’m Jack, and this is my grandson here, also named Jack. He’s Jack the thirteenth...the lucky one, I call him.”

From Literature

The authors of the Speculum paper write that this identification was a mistaken one, the result of a misreading, in the thirteenth century, of an account of the giant written in Latin.

From Science Daily

It is her thirteenth home in the last 20 years.

From BBC