thirteenthadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˌθəːˈtiːnθ/,

/ˈθəːtiːnθ/, U.S.

/ˌθərˈtinθ/,

/ˈθərˌtinθ/

Forms: see below.

Etymology: Of this there have been many forms, the earlier reflecting the various types of tenth adj. and n., the later the two types of thirteen adj. and n. In Old English (Anglian *þríteogeða , -e , -tegða ) West Saxaon þríe- , þréotéoða , etc., whence early southern Middle English þretteþe . Northern Middle English had þrett- , þrittēnd(e from Old Norse þrettánde . From these arose a1400 þrett- , þrittenþ(e , and by metathesis (as in thirteen ), ther- , thyr- , thirtenth , and finally in 16th cent. thirteenth , as if formed at once < thirteen + -th suffix². Compare in the cognate languages Old Frisian threttinde (Dutch dertiende), Old High German drittozehanto (German dreizehnte), Old Norse þrettánde (Swedish trettonde, Danish trettende).

A. adj. With modified noun expressed or implied.

1. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral thirteen adj. and n.: the last of thirteen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > thirteen > thirteenth

thirteentha900

thirteenc1430

α. Old English þreotegþa, þrie-, þreo-, þryteoða, Old English–Middle English þreott-, þrytteoða, Middle English þrett-, þritteþe.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 13 Mar. 38 On þone þreotegðan dæg þæs monðes.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 20 (margin) On þære þrytteoðan wucan ofer pentecosten.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 520 Paulus is se ðreotteoða ðyses heapes.

c1275 Shires & Hundreds in Old Eng. Misc. 146 Þe þreotteoþe on lyncholne.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5933 In þe þritteþe [MS. αþretteþe] ȝer.

β. Middle English ( Orm.) þrittennde, Middle English thritt-, thretend(e, thritteind, thritend, Middle English þrettend(e.c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11062 Itt iss þe þrittennde daȝȝ.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11373 Fra he was born þe dai thritteind.a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 29330 Þe thritend case.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 34 Of Octobyr the threttend day.γ. Middle English þrett-, þrittenþe, þritteneþ, Middle English threttenethe; 1500s threttent.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 268 Þe þrittenþe condicioun.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 22671 Þe þrettenþe day shal be snelle.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2395 Þe threttenethe ȝere.1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. (S.T.S.) 142 Gregorius the threttent quha is nou bischop of Rome.δ. Middle English þirttenth ( þirdtenth), thertenth ( -tenst), 1500s thyrd-, thyr-, thirtenth, 1500s– thirteenth.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 78 b/2 The thertenst day.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 372/1 Treiziesme, thyrteenth.1538 T. Elyot Dict. Terdenus, na, num, the thyrdtenth.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thyrtenth.1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 180 The thirteenth Chapter.1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. i. 42 This thirteenth Article, of the thirteenth Apostle,..it seemes you haue learned.1711 London Gaz. No. 4903/2 On the Thirteenth the Artillery..was discharg'd.1759 Walton's Angler (ed. 7) ii. 38 The wise Statutes made in the 13th of Edward the First.1878 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Life & Times Machiavelli (1898) II. ii. 73 The literature of the thirteenth century.

2. thirteenth part n. one of thirteen equal parts into which anything may be divided.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen > a thirteenth

thirteenth1611

thirteenth part1790

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 178 About a thirteenth part of their clear income.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 157 Exactly twelve thirteenth parts of an equal measure of distilled water.

B. n.

a. A thirteenth part.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen > a thirteenth

thirteenth1611

thirteenth part1790

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Treziesme, a thirteenth.

1912 N.E.D. at Thirteenth Mod. A lunar month is very nearly a thirteenth of a year.

b. English History. A thirteenth part of the value of movables, or of the rent of the year, formerly granted or levied as a tax.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > one-thirteenth

thirteenth1874

1206–7 Patent Roll 8 John m. 3 dorso in Lanc. & Chesh. Rec. Soc. (1893) XXVII. 35 M. CC. vij Hoc anno assisa de terciodecimo facta est ad opus regis universaliter a clericis et laicis et per vim laicalem.]

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. xiii. 586 The assessment of the thirteenth in a.d. 1207 was..not made by juries, but by the oath of the individual payer taken before the justices; the contribution of the clergy being a matter of special arrangement made by the archdeacons.

1893 J. A. C. Vincent Patent Roll 8 John m. 3 dorso in Lanc. & Chesh. Rec. Soc. (1893) XXVII. 36 The method of collecting this thirteenth is laid down in the king's letters patent. Every layman to give 12-pence out of every mark's (13s. 4d.) worth of annual rent, or out of such moveable chattels of like value as he had on the Octaves of the Purification (9 February), being the date of the council.

2. Music. A note thirteen diatonic degrees above or below a given note (both notes being counted); the interval between, or consonance of, two notes thirteen diatonic degrees apart; a chord containing this interval.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > ninth-fourteenth

eleventh1597

fourteenth1597

ninth1597

tenth1597

thirteenth1597

twelfth1597

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 71 Which distances do make vnperfect consonants?.. A third, a sixt, and their eightes: a tenth, a thirteenth [etc.].

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 79 An eight doth agree in sound with an vnison,..and a thirteenth with a sixt.

1880 J. Stainer Composition §14 The third degree of the scale..also forms part of the well-known cadential ⁶/ ₄ chord, and dominant thirteenth.

C. adv.

Thirteenthly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > thirteenthly

thirteenth1526

thirteenthlya1642

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. h Thrirtenth, they be mortifyed from all propertie of wyll.

Derivatives

thirˈteenthly adv. in the thirteenth place; also as n. (nonce-use) the thirteenth head or section of a discourse, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > thirteenthly

thirteenth1526

thirteenthlya1642

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen > thirteenth heading

thirteenthly1887

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 322/1 Thirteenthly, They ought to take a yearly account.

1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. 22 Mr. M^cClumpha..was toilin' on to his thirteenthly.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvi. 186 Thirteenthly, my brethren..the law itself must be regarded as a means of grace.

Draft additions September 2007

thirteenth cheque n. (also 13th cheque) originally U.S. a payment, now esp. an annual pay bonus, made in a given year in addition to regular monthly payments.

ΚΠ

1923 N.Y. Times 17 June 13/2 There is always a thirteenth check representing the rebate on the overcharge for the preceding twelve months.

1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 June ii. 1/1 If pension funds exceeded the amount paid to retired workers, half the surplus was distributed among retirees in the form of a 13th check.

2005 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 13 Feb. (Careers section) 5/3 (advt.) The company offers a competitive salary, 13th cheque as a bonus and membership of the retirement fund.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	thirteenth
释义	thirteenthadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˌθəːˈtiːnθ/, /ˈθəːtiːnθ/, U.S. /ˌθərˈtinθ/, /ˈθərˌtinθ/ Forms: see below. Etymology: Of this there have been many forms, the earlier reflecting the various types of tenth adj. and n., the later the two types of thirteen adj. and n. In Old English (Anglian þríteogeða , -e , -tegða* ) West Saxaon þríe- , þréotéoða , etc., whence early southern Middle English þretteþe . Northern Middle English had þrett- , þrittēnd(e from Old Norse þrettánde . From these arose a1400 þrett- , þrittenþ(e , and by metathesis (as in thirteen ), ther- , thyr- , thirtenth , and finally in 16th cent. thirteenth , as if formed at once < thirteen + -th suffix². Compare in the cognate languages Old Frisian threttinde (Dutch dertiende), Old High German drittozehanto (German dreizehnte), Old Norse þrettánde (Swedish trettonde, Danish trettende). A. adj. With modified noun expressed or implied. 1. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral thirteen adj. and n.: the last of thirteen. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > thirteen > thirteenth thirteentha900 thirteenc1430 α. Old English þreotegþa, þrie-, þreo-, þryteoða, Old English–Middle English þreott-, þrytteoða, Middle English þrett-, þritteþe. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 13 Mar. 38 On þone þreotegðan dæg þæs monðes. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 20 (margin) On þære þrytteoðan wucan ofer pentecosten. c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 520 Paulus is se ðreotteoða ðyses heapes. c1275 Shires & Hundreds in Old Eng. Misc. 146 Þe þreotteoþe on lyncholne. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5933 In þe þritteþe [MS. αþretteþe] ȝer. β. Middle English ( Orm.) þrittennde, Middle English thritt-, thretend(e, thritteind, thritend, Middle English þrettend(e.c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11062 Itt iss þe þrittennde daȝȝ.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11373 Fra he was born þe dai thritteind.a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 29330 Þe thritend case.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 34 Of Octobyr the threttend day.γ. Middle English þrett-, þrittenþe, þritteneþ, Middle English threttenethe; 1500s threttent.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 268 Þe þrittenþe condicioun.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 22671 Þe þrettenþe day shal be snelle.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2395 Þe threttenethe ȝere.1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. (S.T.S.) 142 Gregorius the threttent quha is nou bischop of Rome.δ. Middle English þirttenth ( þirdtenth), thertenth ( -tenst), 1500s thyrd-, thyr-, thirtenth, 1500s– thirteenth.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 78 b/2 The thertenst day.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 372/1 Treiziesme, thyrteenth.1538 T. Elyot Dict. Terdenus, na, num, the thyrdtenth.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thyrtenth.1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 180 The thirteenth Chapter.1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. i. 42 This thirteenth Article, of the thirteenth Apostle,..it seemes you haue learned.1711 London Gaz. No. 4903/2 On the Thirteenth the Artillery..was discharg'd.1759 Walton's Angler (ed. 7) ii. 38 The wise Statutes made in the 13th of Edward the First.1878 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Life & Times Machiavelli (1898) II. ii. 73 The literature of the thirteenth century. 2. thirteenth part n. one of thirteen equal parts into which anything may be divided. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen > a thirteenth thirteenth1611 thirteenth part1790 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 178 About a thirteenth part of their clear income. View more context for this quotation 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 157 Exactly twelve thirteenth parts of an equal measure of distilled water. B. n. 1. a. A thirteenth part. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen > a thirteenth thirteenth1611 thirteenth part1790 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Treziesme, a thirteenth. 1912 N.E.D. at Thirteenth Mod. A lunar month is very nearly a thirteenth of a year. b. English History. A thirteenth part of the value of movables, or of the rent of the year, formerly granted or levied as a tax. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > one-thirteenth thirteenth1874 1206–7 Patent Roll 8 John m. 3 dorso in Lanc. & Chesh. Rec. Soc. (1893) XXVII. 35 M. CC. vij Hoc anno assisa de terciodecimo facta est ad opus regis universaliter a clericis et laicis et per vim laicalem.] 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. xiii. 586 The assessment of the thirteenth in a.d. 1207 was..not made by juries, but by the oath of the individual payer taken before the justices; the contribution of the clergy being a matter of special arrangement made by the archdeacons. 1893 J. A. C. Vincent Patent Roll 8 John m. 3 dorso in Lanc. & Chesh. Rec. Soc. (1893) XXVII. 36 The method of collecting this thirteenth is laid down in the king's letters patent. Every layman to give 12-pence out of every mark's (13s. 4d.) worth of annual rent, or out of such moveable chattels of like value as he had on the Octaves of the Purification (9 February), being the date of the council. 2. Music. A note thirteen diatonic degrees above or below a given note (both notes being counted); the interval between, or consonance of, two notes thirteen diatonic degrees apart; a chord containing this interval. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > ninth-fourteenth eleventh1597 fourteenth1597 ninth1597 tenth1597 thirteenth1597 twelfth1597 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 71 Which distances do make vnperfect consonants?.. A third, a sixt, and their eightes: a tenth, a thirteenth [etc.]. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 79 An eight doth agree in sound with an vnison,..and a thirteenth with a sixt. 1880 J. Stainer Composition §14 The third degree of the scale..also forms part of the well-known cadential ⁶/ ₄ chord, and dominant thirteenth. C. adv. Thirteenthly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > thirteenthly thirteenth1526 thirteenthlya1642 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. h Thrirtenth, they be mortifyed from all propertie of wyll. Derivatives thirˈteenthly adv. in the thirteenth place; also as n. (nonce-use) the thirteenth head or section of a discourse, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > thirteenthly thirteenth1526 thirteenthlya1642 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen > thirteenth heading thirteenthly1887 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 322/1 Thirteenthly, They ought to take a yearly account. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. 22 Mr. M^cClumpha..was toilin' on to his thirteenthly. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvi. 186 Thirteenthly, my brethren..the law itself must be regarded as a means of grace. Draft additions September 2007 thirteenth cheque n. (also 13th cheque) originally U.S. a payment, now esp. an annual pay bonus, made in a given year in addition to regular monthly payments. ΚΠ 1923 N.Y. Times 17 June 13/2 There is always a thirteenth check representing the rebate on the overcharge for the preceding twelve months. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 June ii. 1/1 If pension funds exceeded the amount paid to retired workers, half the surplus was distributed among retirees in the form of a 13th check. 2005 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 13 Feb. (Careers section) 5/3 (advt.) The company offers a competitive salary, 13th cheque as a bonus and membership of the retirement fund. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.adv.a900
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