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vicenary

[ vis-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.


vicenary

/ ˈvɪsɪnərɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to or consisting of 20
  2. maths having or using a base 20
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vicenary1

1595–1605; < Latin vīcēnārius, equivalent to vīcēn ( ī ) twenty each + -ārius -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vicenary1

C17 : from Latin vīcēnārius , one who has charge over twenty persons, from vīcēnī twenty each, from vīgintī twenty
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Example Sentences

Vicenary, vis′e-nā-ri, adj. of or belonging to the number twenty: twentieth.—adj.

Associated words: vicenary, vigesimal, vigesimation, icosahedron. twenty years.

Adj. five, quinary†, quintuple; fifth; senary†, sextuple; sixth; seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary†, decuple†, tenth; eleventh; duodenary†, duodenal; twelfth; in one's 'teens, thirteenth. vicesimal†, vigesimal; twentieth; twenty-fourth &c. n.; vicenary†, vicennial†. centuple†, centuplicate†, centennial, centenary, centurial†; secular, hundredth; thousandth, &c.

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