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ninetieth, a. (n.)|ˈnaɪntɪɪθ| Forms: 2 niᵹenteoþa, 4 nyntithe, 6 nin(e)teth, 7– ninetieth. [f. next + -eth -th1.] The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal ninety.
a1100in Napier O.E. Glosses i. 2521 Usque nonagenariam, oþ þa niᵹenteoþan. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 90 In Decrees, in one and nyntithe distinccioun. 1548Elyot, Nonagesimus,..the nineteth. 1570Levins Manip. 88/43 Y⊇ Ninteth, nonagesimus. 1611Florio, Nonagesimo, the ninetieth in order. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 112 ⁋9 He..laughed obstreperously at the ninetieth repetition of a joke. 1826Scott in Lockhart (1839) VIII. 383 My Aunt is now in her ninetieth year. 1877Tennyson Harold iv. i, This is my ninetieth birthday! ellipt.1901Munsey's Mag. XXV. 342/1 He leaped upon the parapet of his pit and cheered the Ninetieth on. |