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单词 fourteenth
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fourteenthadj.n.

Brit. /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/, /ˈfɔːtiːnθ/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˈtinθ/, /ˈfɔrˌtinθ/
Forms:

α. Old English feorteoða (rare), Old English feowertegeða, Old English feowertegða, Old English feowerteogeða (rare), Old English feowerteogða, Old English feowerteoþa, Old English feowerteoða, Old English feowerteoðand (weak declension, accusative, probably transmission error), Old English feowerteoðoga (perhaps transmission error), early Middle English fourteoþe, early Middle English fowrtuðe, early Middle English vourteþe, Middle English fourteothe, Middle English fourteþe, Middle English fowrtethe, Middle English fowrtithe (Kent).

β. late Old English fourtende, early Middle English fortend, early Middle English fowrtend, Middle English faurtend, Middle English fourtend, Middle English fourtened.

γ. early Middle English feowertenðen (weak declension, dative, perhaps transmission error), early Middle English fourteneþe, Middle English fourteneth, Middle English fourtenethe, Middle English fourtenthe, Middle English fourtenþe, Middle English–1600s fourtenth, 1500s fourteneth, 1500s fourtinth (Scottish), 1500s–1600s foureteeneth, 1500s–1600s foureteenth, 1500s–1600s fourteeneth, 1500s– fourteenth, 1800s fourteent (in a representation of Irish English speech).

δ. Scottish pre-1700 fourteint, pre-1700 fourtent, pre-1700 fourtinte, 1900s– fourteent.

Also represented by the abbreviations 14th, 14th, xivth, xivth, XIVth, XIVth, and variants.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian fiūwertēnda (West Frisian fjirtjinde ), Middle Low German vērteynde , Dutch viertiende , Old High German fiorzehanto (Middle High German vierzehende , German vierzehnte ), Old Icelandic fiórtándi , Old Swedish fiughurtande (Swedish fjortonde ), Old Danish fiurtandi (Danish fjortende ) < the Germanic base of four adj. + the Germanic base of tenth adj. (compare discussion of form types at that entry and the note on ordinal numerals at -teen comb. form.).Old English α. forms such as fēowertēgða , fēowertēogoða , etc. occur in West Saxon sources that show Anglian (Mercian) influence; compare the α forms at tenth adj. The β. forms probably reflect Scandinavian influence. The γ. and δ. forms show alteration after fourteen n. and, respectively, -th suffix2 and -t (the usual suffix forming ordinal numerals in Scots and northern and north midland varieties of English: see -th suffix2).
The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral fourteen adj. and n.
A. adj.
With modified noun expressed; also elliptical. fourteenth part: one of 14 equal parts into which a whole is divided.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > fourteen > fourteenth
fourteenthc900
fourteenc1300
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > fourteen > a fourteenth
fourteenth1800
fourteenth part1805
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. iv. 32 Se wæs feowerteoþa fram Agusto þam casere.
?a1000 Martyrologium 82 On þone feowerteogðan dæg þæs monðes bið þara haligra þrowung sancte Victores ond sancte Coronan.
a1225 Juliana 79 Þe fowrtuðe Kalende of mearch þat is seoððen.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 408 Þe vourteþe day of Jenyuer vor honger þanne hii wende.
c1300 St. Brandan 331 The thretteoth [brother] fram the to the ylle of ankres schal wende, And the fourteothe to helle al quic.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6581 Þe fourtend payne despayre es cald.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 181 The fourteenth Chapter expoundeth the same text.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §3 The fourteenth of Nisan was passed before the sanctification of the Temple was finished.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 18 Aquatic trees..contain only about a fourteenth part of their weight of solid matter.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. v. 120 The garb of the fourteenth century is still seen in the almsman's gaberdine.
B. n.
a. A fourteenth part.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > fourteen > a fourteenth
fourteenth1800
fourteenth part1805
1800 Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 59 Its transverse diameter must be diminished one-fourteenth..of an inch.
b. Music. The octave or replicate of the seventh.
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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 Phi. Which distances make discord? Ma. A ninth, aleuenth, a fourteenth, etc.

Derivatives

fourteenthly adv. in the fourteenth place.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > fourteenthly
fourteenthlya1642
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 322/1 Fourteenthly, They ought to Sign Estimates.
1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 244 And Fourteenthly, That even our Blessed Lord himself was thus treated.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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