释义 |
dozenth, a. colloq.|ˈdʌz(ə)nθ| [f. dozen n. + -th1.] = twelfth. So half-dozenth = sixth.
1710Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Dec., I have sent my 11th to-night..and begin the dozenth. 1840New Monthly Mag. LX. 264 Every half-dozenth window might be a loophole. 1853Cobden in Sir L. Mallett C.'s Pol. Writings (1878) 202 Let me repeat it—if for the dozenth time. |