fifty-ninth

[ fif-tee-nahynth ]

adjective

1. next after the fifty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 59.
2. being one of 59 equal parts.

noun

1. a fifty-ninth part, especially of one (1/59).
2. the fifty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

The father, speaking Swahili, told Jake that their hotel was located on West Fifty-Ninth Street.

From Literature

On 15 November 1630, a few weeks short of his fifty-ninth birthday, Kepler died.

From Literature

At Fifty-Ninth Street, a mother wheeled in a stroller with twins emitting, it seemed to my ears, identically pitched screams.

From Literature

All street names had to be said in full, meaning no "Fifty-ninth and Lex," and definitely no "Mad Ave."

From Literature

This technology allows you, for instance, to superimpose directions over the road while you’re driving, receive data about an enemy’s whereabouts on a battlefield, and imagine how pink-flowered wallpaper would look in your powder room—or on a subway platform, if you’re into sprucing up the Fifty-ninth Street station.

From The New Yorker