twelfthadj.n.

Brit.

/twɛlfθ/, U.S.

/twɛlf(θ)/

Forms: see below.

Etymology: Old English twelfta , = Old Frisian twilifta , twel(e)fta (West Frisian toalfte , -de ), Middle Dutch twal(e)fde , twael(e)fde , twel(e)fde (Dutch twaalfde ), Old Saxon *twelifto (Middle Low German twelf- , twalf- , twolfde , Low German twölfte , etc.), Old High German zwelifto , -lefto (Middle High German zwelfte , German zwölfte ), Old Norse tólfti , -te , (Norwegian tolvte , dialect tolte , Swedish tolfte , Danish tolvte ), Gothic *twalifta : < Old English twelf twelve adj. and n. In southern Middle English (14th cent.), twelft became twelfth , after fourth, etc., but twelft , twelt , twalt remain in various dialects: see -th suffix² and Note to tenth adj. and n.

A. adj.

1. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral twelve adj. and n.; last of twelve; that comes next after the eleventh.

a. With a modified noun expressed.

ΘΚΠ

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

twelftha900

twelve1430

dozenth1710

α. Old English twelfta, Old English–1500s -te, Middle English ( Orm.) twellfte, Middle English tweolfte, tuelfte, (Middle English tuelfd, -fed), Middle English (Scottish 1500s–) tuelft, Middle English–1600s (1800s dialect) twelft, (Middle English tuelfete), 1500s Scottish tuelfet, tuelt, 1500s Scottish (1800s dialect) twelt, twalt.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. Dec. 216 On þam twelftan monðe.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 190 Mona se twelfta on eallum weorcum nytlic ys.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11060 Þe twellfte daȝȝ.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8606 Þe tuelfte [v.r. (a 1400) tuelf] ȝer temese moni toun aseincte.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22653 Þe twelft [Gött. tuelft, Trin. Cambr. twelþe] signe.

c1400 Rule St. Benet vii. 15 Saint benet spekis in þis sentence Of þe telfete [? tuelfete] maner o mekenes.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 306 I..my pen furth tuike, Syne thus begouth of Virgill the twelt buike.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 16 The tuelt ȝeir..of his ring.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 180 The twelfte ȝeir of his regne.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 332 The tuelfet ȝeir of his rigne.

1621 N. Riding Rec. (1894) 87 The twelft day of February.

β. Middle English twelfþe, tuelfthe, Middle English twellifth, -yfth, 1500s twelfyth, -veth, 1500s– twelfth, (1800s twelvth); also Middle English tweolthe, Middle English twelþe, Middle English twelthe, twolthe.13.. K. Alis. 6403 On tweolthe nyght. c1380Twelþe [see sense A. 1b]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 145 Þe twelfþe [(ed. Caxton) twellyfth] ȝere he was i-made cathecuminus.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4451 In þe twolthe ȝere of his regnynge.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 372/1 Douziesme, twelfyth.1564 T. Harding Answer to Iuelles Chalenge (1565) 180 b The twelfth councell of Toledo.1820 T. Chalmers Congregat. Serm. (1838) II. 189 The 31^st verse of the 12^th chapter.1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry II. 4 The twelvth section.1884 Athenæum 10 May A star of the twelfth magnitude.γ. (Chiefly Scottish) Middle English tuelf, Middle English–1600s twelf, Middle English–1600s twelfe, 1600s twelff.1297Tuelf [see α. ]. c1480Twelf [see sense A. 1b]. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1369/1 On the twelfe daie of Februarie.1640 in P. H. Waddell Old Kirk Chron. (1893) 16 The twelff day of October.1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 4 His twelfe chapter.

b. With noun understood, usually from context; also spec. with ellipsis of day (of the month), or chapter (of a book of Scripture).

ΚΠ

OE Andreas (1932) 665 He wæs twelfta sylf.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11063 Itt iss þe þrittennde daȝȝ Fra ȝol daȝȝ. nohht te twellfte.

?a1300 Shires & Hundreds Eng. in Old Eng. Misc. 146 Þe teonþe on wirecestre, þe eollefte on hereforde, þe tweolfte on lycchesfeld..Her beoþ xv. bispryche.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2846 Y me self was þe twelþe.

c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 355 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 232 Sa tuk þai hyme for þe twelf to be.

1558 Lydgate's Bochas ix. xiv. 26 The twelft [Bodl. MS. twelue] in nombre.

1562 N. Winȝet Last Blast Trompet in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 39 Sen the twelft of Marche.

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 176 In the twelfth of the Revelation.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xix. 19 Elisha..was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and hee with the twelfth.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 345 We soon made up..to the Norwich girls for the loss of the Twelfth [Lancers].

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues viii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 53 Years I had finished eleven, the twelfth was beginning.

c. elliptical.

(a) The 12th of August, on which grouse-shooting legally begins.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > season

twelfth1816

flight-season1886

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [adjective] > season

twelfth1816

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. ix. 196 ‘I must be prepared for Lord Glenallan's moors on the twelfth, sir,’ said M'Intyre. ‘Ah, Hector! Thy great chasse, as the French call it.’

1868 Field 8 Aug. 105/3 Many seasons have come and gone since the first Twelfth that I remember.

1895 Times (Weekly ed.) 16 Aug. 657/2 In Derbyshire the ‘Twelfth’ opened delightfully.

(b) The 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland as the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1 July (Old Style) 1690) at which William III defeated James II.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc.

day of truce1486

Evil May Dayc1590

Bonfire Night1661

Pope Day1769

Pope Night1773

the Fourth (of July)1779

Town Taking Day1788

Independence Day1791

Independent Day1803

Guy Fawkes day1825

Bastille Day1837

Trafalgar Day1837

Turkey Day1870

Canada Day1882

Juneteenth1890

flag-day1894

Patriots' Day1894

Remembrance Day1895

twelfth1896

Quatorze Juillet1899

quatorze1915

Armistice Day1918

Poppy Day1921

Remembrance Sunday1925

VJ-day1944

Commonwealth Day1958

1896 M. Hamilton Across Ulster Bog vi. 57 The greatest excitements of her life—next always to ‘the twelfth’—had been occasional Methodist or Plymouth Brethren meetings.

1936 Ann. Reg. 1935 115 The Orange celebrations of ‘The Twelfth’ were on a bigger scale than ever, but the atmosphere was highly charged, and in the evening there were serious riots.

1957 Belfast News-let. 2 July 6 (heading) Record ‘Twelfth’ parades expected.

1978 D. Murphy Place Apart xiii. 269 The Twelfth festivities commemorate the victory at the Boyne.

2. twelfth part n. any one of twelve equal parts into which a whole may be divided.

ΘΚΠ

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

twelfth1557

twelfth part1590

point1616

1590 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1595 120/1 Reddendo 2 bollas 2 firlotas 2 peccas 2 mensuras vocatas twelf-pairtis farine avenatice.

1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 16 The Twelfth Part of a Half-penny will do him no more Service.

1878 J. Davidson Inverurie v. 184 The owners of Twelfth Parts had their lands divided..periodically by lot.

†3. twelfth whist n. whist with only twelve cards in each hand. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > varieties of

whisk and swabbers1699

twelfth whist1752

Boston1800

short1825

long1832

dummy whist1843

preference1852

solo whistc1875

hearts1884

drive whist1885

cayenne whist1887

duplicate whist1891

duplicate1894

straight whist1901

1752 H. Walpole Let. to R. Nugent in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. IV. 538/2 Amusing my selfe..at a game of 12^th whist.

4. twelfth man n. Cricket a twelfth player selected as reserve to the team of eleven.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > side > reserve

twelfth man1876

1876 A. Haygarth's Cricket Scores & Biogr. VI. 20 Mr. E. Arkwright..was first choice out of the [Harrow] Eleven, or ‘twelfth man’ in 1858.

1928 J. Buchan Runagates Club vii. 195 I saw you play at Lord's. I was twelfth man for Harrow that year.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 26 There were just a couple of minutes to the off when the two twelfth men appeared on the field, the horses lined up as we gathered round the radio.

B. n.

a. A twelfth part: see A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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

twelfth1557

twelfth part1590

point1616

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bii^v Sesquiduodecima, 13 to 12..a twelueth more.

1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 135 Supposing..5s. or a Crown, were to weigh an Ounce..whereof one ¹/ ₁₂ were Copper, and ¹¹/ ₁₂ Silver.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 197 Five Twelfths of an Inch thick.

1792 A. Young Trav. France 537 No such thing was ever known in any part of France..as a tenth: it was always a twelfth, or a thirteenth, or even a twentieth of the produce.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 419 From a third to a twelfth of zinc is used.

1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. xxxv. 347 Expressed in twelvths of that diameter.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 3/1 A decrease of a twelfth since 1894.

b. spec. A twelfth part of rents or movables granted or levied by way of tax.

ΘΚΠ

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

twelfth1884

1884 Dowall Hist. Taxation I. iv. iv. 77 The use of grants of fractional parts of moveables was continued..in 1296 a twelfth and eighth..were granted.

1884 Dowall Hist. Taxation I. iv. iv. 81 The grants made..were..in 1318 a twelfth from demesne.

2. Music.

a. A note twelve diatonic degrees above or below a given note (both notes being counted); the octave of a fifth; hence (usually) the interval, or consonance, between two such notes.

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 70 Those notes which are distant from them eight notes, as from a fift, a twelfe..from Gamvt to D la sol re is a twelfe.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 511 Note E, The chord formed with the twelfth and seventeenth major united with the principal sound.

1891 E. Prout Counterpoint (ed. 2) 74 The thirds above it now give the inversion in the twelfth.

b. An organ stop sounding a twelfth above the normal pitch.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > mutation stops > specific

twelfth1613

nineteenth1819

seventeenth1819

quint1855

1613 in C. Beswick Organs Worcester Cathedral (2004) The particulars of the great organ..1 twelfth of mettal.

†3. Short for Twelfth-day n. Cf. Twelfth-eve n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Epiphany (6 January) > [noun]

Twelfth-dayc1000

Epiphanya1350

twelfth1472

Uphaliday1478

Uphalimass1532

tiffanya1634

apparition1652

1472 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 445 I haue my pardon,..for comffort wheroffe I haue been the merier thys Crystmesse,..be-for Twelthe I come to my lorde Archebysshope.

Compounds

twelfth-century adj. of or belonging to the century from 1101 to 1200.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years

quattrocento1855

twelfth-century1867

fin de siècle1890

seventies1901

ninetyish1909

dix-huitième1920

nineties1933

twentyish1940

thirtyish1962

1867 Furnivall in Percy Folio I. 403 A twelfth-century writer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	twelfth
释义	twelfthadj.n. Brit. /twɛlfθ/, U.S. /twɛlf(θ)/ Forms: see below. Etymology: Old English twelfta , = Old Frisian twilifta , twel(e)fta (West Frisian toalfte , -de ), Middle Dutch twal(e)fde , twael(e)fde , twel(e)fde (Dutch twaalfde ), Old Saxon twelifto (Middle Low German twelf-* , twalf- , twolfde , Low German twölfte , etc.), Old High German zwelifto , -lefto (Middle High German zwelfte , German zwölfte ), Old Norse tólfti , -te , (Norwegian tolvte , dialect tolte , Swedish tolfte , Danish tolvte ), Gothic twalifta : < Old English twelf* twelve adj. and n. In southern Middle English (14th cent.), twelft became twelfth , after fourth, etc., but twelft , twelt , twalt remain in various dialects: see -th suffix² and Note to tenth adj. and n. A. adj. 1. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral twelve adj. and n.; last of twelve; that comes next after the eleventh. a. With a modified noun expressed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twelve > twelfth twelftha900 twelve1430 dozenth1710 α. Old English twelfta, Old English–1500s -te, Middle English ( Orm.) twellfte, Middle English tweolfte, tuelfte, (Middle English tuelfd, -fed), Middle English (Scottish 1500s–) tuelft, Middle English–1600s (1800s dialect) twelft, (Middle English tuelfete), 1500s Scottish tuelfet, tuelt, 1500s Scottish (1800s dialect) twelt, twalt. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. Dec. 216 On þam twelftan monðe. c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 190 Mona se twelfta on eallum weorcum nytlic ys. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11060 Þe twellfte daȝȝ. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8606 Þe tuelfte [v.r. (a 1400) tuelf] ȝer temese moni toun aseincte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22653 Þe twelft [Gött. tuelft, Trin. Cambr. twelþe] signe. c1400 Rule St. Benet vii. 15 Saint benet spekis in þis sentence Of þe telfete [? tuelfete] maner o mekenes. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 306 I..my pen furth tuike, Syne thus begouth of Virgill the twelt buike. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 16 The tuelt ȝeir..of his ring. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 180 The twelfte ȝeir of his regne. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 332 The tuelfet ȝeir of his rigne. 1621 N. Riding Rec. (1894) 87 The twelft day of February. β. Middle English twelfþe, tuelfthe, Middle English twellifth, -yfth, 1500s twelfyth, -veth, 1500s– twelfth, (1800s twelvth); also Middle English tweolthe, Middle English twelþe, Middle English twelthe, twolthe.13.. K. Alis. 6403 On tweolthe nyght. c1380Twelþe [see sense A. 1b]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 145 Þe twelfþe [(ed. Caxton) twellyfth] ȝere he was i-made cathecuminus.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4451 In þe twolthe ȝere of his regnynge.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 372/1 Douziesme, twelfyth.1564 T. Harding Answer to Iuelles Chalenge (1565) 180 b The twelfth councell of Toledo.1820 T. Chalmers Congregat. Serm. (1838) II. 189 The 31^st verse of the 12^th chapter.1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry II. 4 The twelvth section.1884 Athenæum 10 May A star of the twelfth magnitude.γ. (Chiefly Scottish) Middle English tuelf, Middle English–1600s twelf, Middle English–1600s twelfe, 1600s twelff.1297Tuelf [see α. ]. c1480Twelf [see sense A. 1b]. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1369/1 On the twelfe daie of Februarie.1640 in P. H. Waddell Old Kirk Chron. (1893) 16 The twelff day of October.1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 4 His twelfe chapter. b. With noun understood, usually from context; also spec. with ellipsis of day (of the month), or chapter (of a book of Scripture). ΚΠ OE Andreas (1932) 665 He wæs twelfta sylf. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11063 Itt iss þe þrittennde daȝȝ Fra ȝol daȝȝ. nohht te twellfte. ?a1300 Shires & Hundreds Eng. in Old Eng. Misc. 146 Þe teonþe on wirecestre, þe eollefte on hereforde, þe tweolfte on lycchesfeld..Her beoþ xv. bispryche. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2846 Y me self was þe twelþe. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 355 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 232 Sa tuk þai hyme for þe twelf to be. 1558 Lydgate's Bochas ix. xiv. 26 The twelft [Bodl. MS. twelue] in nombre. 1562 N. Winȝet Last Blast Trompet in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 39 Sen the twelft of Marche. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 176 In the twelfth of the Revelation. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xix. 19 Elisha..was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and hee with the twelfth. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 345 We soon made up..to the Norwich girls for the loss of the Twelfth [Lancers]. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues viii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 53 Years I had finished eleven, the twelfth was beginning. c. elliptical. (a) The 12th of August, on which grouse-shooting legally begins. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > season twelfth1816 flight-season1886 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [adjective] > season twelfth1816 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. ix. 196 ‘I must be prepared for Lord Glenallan's moors on the twelfth, sir,’ said M'Intyre. ‘Ah, Hector! Thy great chasse, as the French call it.’ 1868 Field 8 Aug. 105/3 Many seasons have come and gone since the first Twelfth that I remember. 1895 Times (Weekly ed.) 16 Aug. 657/2 In Derbyshire the ‘Twelfth’ opened delightfully. (b) The 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland as the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1 July (Old Style) 1690) at which William III defeated James II. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc. day of truce1486 Evil May Dayc1590 Bonfire Night1661 Pope Day1769 Pope Night1773 the Fourth (of July)1779 Town Taking Day1788 Independence Day1791 Independent Day1803 Guy Fawkes day1825 Bastille Day1837 Trafalgar Day1837 Turkey Day1870 Canada Day1882 Juneteenth1890 flag-day1894 Patriots' Day1894 Remembrance Day1895 twelfth1896 Quatorze Juillet1899 quatorze1915 Armistice Day1918 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 VJ-day1944 Commonwealth Day1958 1896 M. Hamilton Across Ulster Bog vi. 57 The greatest excitements of her life—next always to ‘the twelfth’—had been occasional Methodist or Plymouth Brethren meetings. 1936 Ann. Reg. 1935 115 The Orange celebrations of ‘The Twelfth’ were on a bigger scale than ever, but the atmosphere was highly charged, and in the evening there were serious riots. 1957 Belfast News-let. 2 July 6 (heading) Record ‘Twelfth’ parades expected. 1978 D. Murphy Place Apart xiii. 269 The Twelfth festivities commemorate the victory at the Boyne. 2. twelfth part n. any one of twelve equal parts into which a whole may be divided. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twelve > a twelfth twelfth1557 twelfth part1590 point1616 1590 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1595 120/1 Reddendo 2 bollas 2 firlotas 2 peccas 2 mensuras vocatas twelf-pairtis farine avenatice. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 16 The Twelfth Part of a Half-penny will do him no more Service. 1878 J. Davidson Inverurie v. 184 The owners of Twelfth Parts had their lands divided..periodically by lot. †3. twelfth whist n. whist with only twelve cards in each hand. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > varieties of whisk and swabbers1699 twelfth whist1752 Boston1800 short1825 long1832 dummy whist1843 preference1852 solo whistc1875 hearts1884 drive whist1885 cayenne whist1887 duplicate whist1891 duplicate1894 straight whist1901 1752 H. Walpole Let. to R. Nugent in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. IV. 538/2 Amusing my selfe..at a game of 12^th whist. 4. twelfth man n. Cricket a twelfth player selected as reserve to the team of eleven. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > side > reserve twelfth man1876 1876 A. Haygarth's Cricket Scores & Biogr. VI. 20 Mr. E. Arkwright..was first choice out of the [Harrow] Eleven, or ‘twelfth man’ in 1858. 1928 J. Buchan Runagates Club vii. 195 I saw you play at Lord's. I was twelfth man for Harrow that year. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 26 There were just a couple of minutes to the off when the two twelfth men appeared on the field, the horses lined up as we gathered round the radio. B. n. 1. a. A twelfth part: see A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twelve > a twelfth twelfth1557 twelfth part1590 point1616 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bii^v Sesquiduodecima, 13 to 12..a twelueth more. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 135 Supposing..5s. or a Crown, were to weigh an Ounce..whereof one ¹/ ₁₂ were Copper, and ¹¹/ ₁₂ Silver. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 197 Five Twelfths of an Inch thick. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 537 No such thing was ever known in any part of France..as a tenth: it was always a twelfth, or a thirteenth, or even a twentieth of the produce. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 419 From a third to a twelfth of zinc is used. 1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. xxxv. 347 Expressed in twelvths of that diameter. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 3/1 A decrease of a twelfth since 1894. b. spec. A twelfth part of rents or movables granted or levied by way of tax. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > one-twelfth twelfth1884 1884 Dowall Hist. Taxation I. iv. iv. 77 The use of grants of fractional parts of moveables was continued..in 1296 a twelfth and eighth..were granted. 1884 Dowall Hist. Taxation I. iv. iv. 81 The grants made..were..in 1318 a twelfth from demesne. 2. Music. a. A note twelve diatonic degrees above or below a given note (both notes being counted); the octave of a fifth; hence (usually) the interval, or consonance, between two such notes. 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 70 Those notes which are distant from them eight notes, as from a fift, a twelfe..from Gamvt to D la sol re is a twelfe. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 511 Note E, The chord formed with the twelfth and seventeenth major united with the principal sound. 1891 E. Prout Counterpoint (ed. 2) 74 The thirds above it now give the inversion in the twelfth. b. An organ stop sounding a twelfth above the normal pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > mutation stops > specific twelfth1613 nineteenth1819 seventeenth1819 quint1855 1613 in C. Beswick Organs Worcester Cathedral (2004) The particulars of the great organ..1 twelfth of mettal. †3. Short for Twelfth-day n. Cf. Twelfth-eve n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Epiphany (6 January) > [noun] Twelfth-dayc1000 Epiphanya1350 twelfth1472 Uphaliday1478 Uphalimass1532 tiffanya1634 apparition1652 1472 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 445 I haue my pardon,..for comffort wheroffe I haue been the merier thys Crystmesse,..be-for Twelthe I come to my lorde Archebysshope. Compounds twelfth-century adj. of or belonging to the century from 1101 to 1200. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1867 Furnivall in Percy Folio I. 403 A twelfth-century writer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.a900
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