单词 | seven-and-twentieth |
释义 | > as lemmasseven-and-twentieth c. Forming compound ordinal numbers with and and ordinals in multiples of ten from twentieth to ninetieth, as in seven-and-twentieth, seven-and-thirtieth, etc. Now archaic and rare.In later use chiefly imitating biblical language. ΚΠ OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxvii. Introd. Dauid sang þisne seofon and twentigoþan sealm. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 4 Kings xxv. 27 In þe seuene & þrettiþe ȝeer of þe transmygracioun of Joachym..þe twelfþe moneþ þe seuene & twentiþe dai of þe moneþ. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 302 The seuen and sixtieth Chapter. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 270 The seven and twentieth Booke of Plinies Naturall Historie. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough III. iii. 89 For, on this Occasion, He might easily have perform'd the Obligation of the Seven and Thirtieth article of the Preliminaries. 1840 Citizen July 148 Gerald Griffin was born in the City of Limerick, in the year 1803, and had, we believe, not yet completed his seven-and-thirtieth year. 1969 K. M. Cameron Papp i. ii. 24 And she brought forth sons, which are the generations of mankind, even unto the seven- and-seventieth son of the seventh son of the seventh son! (He pauses dramatically.) 2003 Times 1 Aug. (T2 section) 2 For Tony is the Way, whether it be the third or the fourth or the seven-and-twentieth, and without him you shall be cast down from your seats and wander again in the wilderness. < as lemmas |
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