单词 | hundredth |
释义 | hundredthadj.n. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral hundred n. and adj. A. adj. 1. Coming last in order of a hundred successive individuals. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [adjective] > hundred > hundredth hundredth1483 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > hundred > group of a hundred > last in hundredth1483 1483 Cath. Angl. 192/1 Hundreth, centum, centenus..cente[s]imus. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Givv/1 Ye Hundreth, centesimus. 1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 115 On the six hundred yeere of that iust man The second month, the seuenteenth day began, That horrid Deluge. 1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 14 The one hundred generation. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 103 Extending to the hundredth milestone. 2. hundredth part n. one of a hundred equal parts into which a whole is or may be divided. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > hundred > a hundredth hundredth parta1300 centesm1483 second1619 cent1667 centesimal1677 hundredth1774 a1300 Cursor Mundi 23140 Þe hundret [Gött. hundreth, F. hundre, Tr. hundride] part i mai noght mele. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) v. i. 71 I sawe therof not the hondred part. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xii. 199 We shall not neede to vse the hundreth part of that time. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 213 Not above a four or five hundredth part of a well grown Mite. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 78 [He] has not power left..by the hundredth part sufficient to hold together this collection of republics. View more context for this quotation 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) I. 39 Compressed..so as to have bulk about a hundredth part less. B. n. 1. A hundredth part. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > hundred > a hundredth hundredth parta1300 centesm1483 second1619 cent1667 centesimal1677 hundredth1774 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 124 Divided..by a Vernier division into hundredths of an inch. 1800 Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 40 We will therefore call this distance 12 hundredths. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 26 Ninety-nine hundredths of all our actions are done from other motives. 2. Old Hundredth, a hymn tune which first appeared in the Geneva psalter of 1551 and was later set to Psalm 100 in the ‘old’ metrical version of the Geneva Psalter (hymn 166 in ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern’); the psalm itself. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > kinds of psalm > hundredth > [noun] jubilate1706 Old Hundredth1837 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > psalm > musical settings tunec1450 psalm tune1632 miserere1779 Old Hundredth1837 1790 N. Brady & N. Tate New Version Psalms 240 The Psalms in this Version of four Lines in a single Stanza..may properly be sung as the old 100 Psalm.] 1837 T. Bacon First Impressions Hindostan I. vi. 153 I have often..heard the organ pealing forth the solemn notes of the old hundredth psalm. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 349 Brother Mordlin had adapted the beautiful words of ‘Who hasn't heard of a Jolly Young Waterman?’ to the tune of the Old Hundredth. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xviii. 192 The dog..ground hard at the organ..and applied himself..to the Old Hundredth. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xv. 298 I found out from the words, far more than from the attempt at the tune, that it was the Old Hundredth she was crooning to herself. 1934 R. Ferguson Celebrated Sequels 25 Our vicar's wife says that on the whole we had better stick to the Old Hundredth. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High i. 7 ‘What's the last hymn next Sunday..?’ ‘Hundred and Sixty-six. Old Hundredth. You all know that.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1300 |
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