tolfraedicadj.

/təʊlˈfriːdɪk/

Etymology: < Icelandic tólf-rǽðr adjective only in combination tolfrǽtt hundrað, a hundred of twelve tens ( < tólf twelve + rǽða ( < rœ́ða) to speak) + -ic suffix.

Duodecimal: applied to the ancient Scandinavian system of reckoning, in which twelve tens were counted as a hundred (cf. hundred n. and adj. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twelve > counting in twelves

duodecimal1727

tolfraedic1813

uncial1842

duodenary1857

Cf. 1703 Hickes Thesaurus I. iii. 43. ]

1813 H. Ellis Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (rev. ed.) II. 325 The Doctor observes that this Tolfrædic mode of computation by the greater decads, or tens which contain twelve units, is still retained amongst us in reckoning certain things by the number twelve.

1905 Daily Chron. 16 June 4/6 The tolfraedic ten meant twelve, the tolfraedic hundred meant a hundred and twenty, and so on.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tolfraedic
释义	tolfraedicadj. /təʊlˈfriːdɪk/ Etymology: < Icelandic tólf-rǽðr adjective only in combination tolfrǽtt hundrað, a hundred of twelve tens ( < tólf twelve + rǽða ( < rœ́ða) to speak) + -ic suffix. Duodecimal: applied to the ancient Scandinavian system of reckoning, in which twelve tens were counted as a hundred (cf. hundred n. and adj. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twelve > counting in twelves duodecimal1727 tolfraedic1813 uncial1842 duodenary1857 Cf. 1703 Hickes Thesaurus I. iii. 43. ] 1813 H. Ellis Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (rev. ed.) II. 325 The Doctor observes that this Tolfrædic mode of computation by the greater decads, or tens which contain twelve units, is still retained amongst us in reckoning certain things by the number twelve. 1905 Daily Chron. 16 June 4/6 The tolfraedic ten meant twelve, the tolfraedic hundred meant a hundred and twenty, and so on. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1813
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