twenty-onen.

Etymology: twenty adj. 1b.

= vingt-et-un n. Cf. black jack n.² 11; pontoon n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > vingt-et-un, etc.

vingt-et-un1772

macao1778

twenty-one1790

macco1809

Van John1853

black jack1899

pontoon1917

vingty1936

1790 E. Wynne Diary 11 Mar. (1952) 30 My aunt winned 80 livers in playing at twentyone.

1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 304 Pontoon, a card game, in America known as ‘Black Jack’ or ‘Twenty One’. The bank is the only winner.

1977 Time 21 Nov. 44/2 New croupiers are taught the ‘theory of craps’, while Twenty-One dealers are told to slap their hands and hold them upward when they leave their posts to show that they are not concealing any chips.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

> as lemmas

twenty-one

b. Combined with the numerals below ten (one to nine) to express the numbers between twenty and thirty; formerly (and still occasionally) one and twenty, two and twenty, etc. (rarely twenty and one, etc.); now commonly twenty-one, twenty-two, etc.; similarly with the ordinals from first to ninth, forming the ordinals corresponding to the above ( twenty-first, twenty-second, etc.), in modern use substituted for the earlier one-and-twentieth, two-and-twentieth, etc. (see twentieth adj. 1c).

ΘΚΠ

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

twentyc893

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. vi. ii. 256 Þara twa & twentigra monna þe he him to fultume hæfde acoren.

a1131 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1124 Þes kinges cnihtes..namen..fif and twenti oðre cnihtes.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1532 Vif & twenti ȝer.

a1400–50 Alexander 3930 Aȝt & tuenti men of armes.

1526 Proclam. 5 Nov. in Pat. Roll 18 Hen. VIII ii. m. 2 d The Soueraygne..shalbe curraunt..for twenty two shillynges and sixe pens.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 150 Four and tuentie cubites hich.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xviii. 177 I haue gone ouer twenty and seauen riuers vpon that coast.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. ii. 163 In the parallel of twenty-two degrees of latitude.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxv. 216 What he called his Silver-feast, being the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage.

1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 53 More than four-and-twenty pounds.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 204 Allowing the..mixture to stand for twenty-four hours.

extracted from twentyadj.n.

twenty-one

a. With ellipsis of the noun (which may usually be supplied from the context). So twenty-one, twenty-first, etc. †and twenty, used as an intensive.

ΚΠ

c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Gr.) xxii. 47 [Let them sleep] tynum and twentigum on anum inne ætgædere.

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xviii. 31 God cwæð: Ne do ic hit, gif þær beoð twentig.]

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1692 We mine fader habbet vnder-fon mid þirtti cnihten...Do we awai þane twenti.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16906 A mikel stan, to turn i-nogh had tuent [rhyme monument].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xviii. D Peraduenture there might be twentie founde therin [twētie & Peraduēture in text].

1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. D2 Godyegodnight and twentie syr.

1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A3^v As in one pie twenty may dip their sippits.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 50 In delay there lies no plentie, Then come kisse me sweet and twentie: Youths a stuffe will not endure.

1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 115 The ordinary Dose is six of these Rinds, and I had devour'd twenty.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 550 The first man to reach the summit was Sir Richard Burton... He went up, as did the succeeding twenty-five (mostly Germans) from Babundi.

1902 O. Wister Virginian xxiii. 270 His thermometer..registered twenty below zero.

extracted from twentyadj.n.

twenty-one

b. spec. with ellipsis of years (of age); so twenty-one, etc.

ΚΠ

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 52 What will repair beauty at forty, will certainly improve it at twenty.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 275 He..was smart, spoffish, and eight-and-twenty.

1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 83 A young man of twenty.

1898 B. M. Croker Peggy of Bartons xxix I shall be twenty-one in April.

extracted from twentyadj.n.

twenty-one (one and twenty)

3. Used for the ordinal twentieth adj. and n.; so twenty-one (one and twenty) for twenty-first, etc. Now only after a noun in such collocations as chapter twenty, verse twenty-one, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

twentietha900

twentya1100

a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 On þam an & twentigan geare þæs þe Willelm weolde & stihte Engle land.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7105 In þe ȝer of is kinedom tuenty & tuo.

c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Ch. in Todd 3 Treat. p. xxxv As Dauiþ seiþ, þe on and twenty Salme.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 208 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 302 One [= on] þe twenty day at þe sexte oure.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxix Thoughe the horse..be not the twenty parte worth in value of the some of money.

1567 Gude & Godlie B. 2 The ten commandementis..in Exodus the twentie Chapter.

extracted from twentyadj.n.

twenty-one

a. The abstract number 20; a symbol representing this. So twenty-one, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

twenty?c1425

?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 22 Take [1]2 out of twenty, & þere schal leue 8.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 141/1 Country People..reckon..their numbers..by..Scores or Twenty's.

1725 I. Watts Logick ii. v. §5 Some Things..almost as certain..as that..five Twenties make a Hundred.

a1831 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 384 The numeral language is constructed in conformity with the Phœnician numerals, proceeding by twenties as far as 100.

1916 N.E.D. at Twenty Mod. Twenty is an even number. A twenty is printed thus: xx, 20.

extracted from twentyadj.n.

n.1790

as lemmas

单词	twenty-one
释义	twenty-onen. Etymology: twenty adj. 1b. = vingt-et-un n. Cf. black jack n.² 11; pontoon n.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > vingt-et-un, etc. vingt-et-un1772 macao1778 twenty-one1790 macco1809 Van John1853 black jack1899 pontoon1917 vingty1936 1790 E. Wynne Diary 11 Mar. (1952) 30 My aunt winned 80 livers in playing at twentyone. 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 304 Pontoon, a card game, in America known as ‘Black Jack’ or ‘Twenty One’. The bank is the only winner. 1977 Time 21 Nov. 44/2 New croupiers are taught the ‘theory of craps’, while Twenty-One dealers are told to slap their hands and hold them upward when they leave their posts to show that they are not concealing any chips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > as lemmas twenty-one b. Combined with the numerals below ten (one to nine) to express the numbers between twenty and thirty; formerly (and still occasionally) one and twenty, two and twenty, etc. (rarely twenty and one, etc.); now commonly twenty-one, twenty-two, etc.; similarly with the ordinals from first to ninth, forming the ordinals corresponding to the above ( twenty-first, twenty-second, etc.), in modern use substituted for the earlier one-and-twentieth, two-and-twentieth, etc. (see twentieth adj. 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twenty twentyc893 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. vi. ii. 256 Þara twa & twentigra monna þe he him to fultume hæfde acoren. a1131 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1124 Þes kinges cnihtes..namen..fif and twenti oðre cnihtes. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1532 Vif & twenti ȝer. a1400–50 Alexander 3930 Aȝt & tuenti men of armes. 1526 Proclam. 5 Nov. in Pat. Roll 18 Hen. VIII ii. m. 2 d The Soueraygne..shalbe curraunt..for twenty two shillynges and sixe pens. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 150 Four and tuentie cubites hich. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xviii. 177 I haue gone ouer twenty and seauen riuers vpon that coast. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. ii. 163 In the parallel of twenty-two degrees of latitude. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxv. 216 What he called his Silver-feast, being the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 53 More than four-and-twenty pounds. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 204 Allowing the..mixture to stand for twenty-four hours. extracted from twentyadj.n. twenty-one a. With ellipsis of the noun (which may usually be supplied from the context). So twenty-one, twenty-first, etc. †and twenty, used as an intensive. ΚΠ c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Gr.) xxii. 47 [Let them sleep] tynum and twentigum on anum inne ætgædere. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xviii. 31 God cwæð: Ne do ic hit, gif þær beoð twentig.] c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1692 We mine fader habbet vnder-fon mid þirtti cnihten...Do we awai þane twenti. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16906 A mikel stan, to turn i-nogh had tuent [rhyme monument]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xviii. D Peraduenture there might be twentie founde therin [twētie & Peraduēture in text]. 1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. D2 Godyegodnight and twentie syr. 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A3^v As in one pie twenty may dip their sippits. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 50 In delay there lies no plentie, Then come kisse me sweet and twentie: Youths a stuffe will not endure. View more context for this quotation 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 115 The ordinary Dose is six of these Rinds, and I had devour'd twenty. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 550 The first man to reach the summit was Sir Richard Burton... He went up, as did the succeeding twenty-five (mostly Germans) from Babundi. 1902 O. Wister Virginian xxiii. 270 His thermometer..registered twenty below zero. extracted from twentyadj.n. twenty-one b. spec. with ellipsis of years (of age); so twenty-one, etc. ΚΠ 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 52 What will repair beauty at forty, will certainly improve it at twenty. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 275 He..was smart, spoffish, and eight-and-twenty. 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 83 A young man of twenty. 1898 B. M. Croker Peggy of Bartons xxix I shall be twenty-one in April. extracted from twentyadj.n. twenty-one (one and twenty) 3. Used for the ordinal twentieth adj. and n.; so twenty-one (one and twenty) for twenty-first, etc. Now only after a noun in such collocations as chapter twenty, verse twenty-one, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twenty > twentieth twentietha900 twentya1100 a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 On þam an & twentigan geare þæs þe Willelm weolde & stihte Engle land. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7105 In þe ȝer of is kinedom tuenty & tuo. c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Ch. in Todd 3 Treat. p. xxxv As Dauiþ seiþ, þe on and twenty Salme. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 208 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 302 One [= on] þe twenty day at þe sexte oure. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxix Thoughe the horse..be not the twenty parte worth in value of the some of money. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. 2 The ten commandementis..in Exodus the twentie Chapter. extracted from twentyadj.n. twenty-one a. The abstract number 20; a symbol representing this. So twenty-one, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twenty twenty?c1425 ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 22 Take [1]2 out of twenty, & þere schal leue 8. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 141/1 Country People..reckon..their numbers..by..Scores or Twenty's. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. v. §5 Some Things..almost as certain..as that..five Twenties make a Hundred. a1831 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 384 The numeral language is constructed in conformity with the Phœnician numerals, proceeding by twenties as far as 100. 1916 N.E.D. at Twenty Mod. Twenty is an even number. A twenty is printed thus: xx, 20. extracted from twentyadj.n. < n.1790 as lemmas
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