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单词 quadragintesimal
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quadragintesimaladj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin quadrāgintā , quinquagesimal adj., sexagesimal adj.
Etymology: < classical Latin quadrāgintā forty (see Quadragesima n.) + -esimal (in quinquagesimal adj., sexagesimal adj., etc.). Compare earlier quadragesimal adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Fortyfold; having forty parts.
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quadragintesimal1789
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 75 Twelve bars of universal chorus, in quadragintesimal harmony.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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