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sixteenadj.n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian sextīne , sextēne (West Frisian sechstjin , East Frisian (Wangeroog) sextīn , North Frisian (Sylt) sokstain ), Middle Dutch sestien (Dutch zestien ), Old Saxon sehstein , sestein (Middle Low German sestein ), Old High German sehszehan (Middle High German sehzehen , German sechzehn ), Old Icelandic sextán , Old Swedish siäxtan , sexton (Swedish sexton ), Old Danish siæxtæn (Danish seksten ) < the Germanic base of six adj. + the Germanic base of ten adj. (compare -teen comb. form).For discussion of form types, see six adj. and n.; with the γ. forms compare also the Old Swedish by-forms saxtan , siaxtan . For the development of the second element in English see discussion at -teen comb. form. The cardinal numeral composed of ten and six, represented by the symbols 16 or xvi. A. adj.the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixteen α. a900 30 July Þonne bið seo niht eahta tida lang, & se dæg sextene tida. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 572 Forr þatt eleazar. Sextene suness haffde. 1390 J. Gower III. 120 Cancer..hath unto his retienance Sextiene sterres. 1483 332/1 Sexten sythe, sedecies. c1550 (1979) xi. 73 To the nummer of sexten scoir of the maist nobillis of the cuntre. 2. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > sixteen > sixteen things, persons, etc. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 219 Þe arre osixe. þe oðer osixtene stuchen. 1338 R. Mannyng (1810) 37 Þe date was nien hundreth sexti & sextene. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 31 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 224 Of þis nowmir sexten were of þe kyne of eleaȝare. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 799 Xvi with him that worthi was in wer. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 13 Some [read Sonne] of sixteen, Plucke the lyn'd Crutch from thy old limping Sire. 1794 A. Radcliffe III. xiii. 433 Several of sixty tripped it with almost as much glee and airy lightness, as those of sixteen. 1891 T. Hardy II. xxxi. 134 Why didn't you stay and love me when I—was sixteen. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixteen > sixteenth 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. ii. 3338 When Tytan..hadde take his se, Of þe Bole in the sixtene degre. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece xvi. i. f. 231v (headline) The sextene buke. c1540 (?a1400) 10639 The sextene day sothely..The bold men to bent bounet full þicke. 1599 T. Nashe 7 This sextine centurie. 1653 3 Take a taste..of his sixteen Querie. 1680 in 2 179 Twesday the sixtein of the said moneth. B. n.the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > sixteen c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in (1885) 8 318 To-dæl þa syxtyne, þonne byð se an dæl eahta. c1425 (E.E.T.S.) 6 Compositys ben nomburs þat bene componyt of a digyt & of an articulle as..fyftene, sextene, & such oþer. society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixteenmo ?1606 Bodley in (1703) 62 If Mr. Principal shall want Strings for the lesser sort of Books in Octavo, and Sixteens. 1688 R. Holme (1905) iii. xv. 23/2 Whether they be large or small octavo's, sixteens, or twenty foures. 1715 M. Davies 11 Bound in Twelves, Sixteens, or Twentyfours. 1888 C. T. Jacobi 125. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > other ales 1584 T. Cogan ccxviii. 221 That kinde of ale which at Oxforde is called sixteenes. the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] c1840 O. W. Holmes 2 Now, by the bless'd Paphian queen, Who heaves the breast of sweet sixteen. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > flower-pot or tub > specialized types 1802 W. Forsyth viii. 114 The 1st size of 8 in the Cast is called Eights. 2[nd size of] 12 [in the Cast is called] Twelves... Sixteens... Twenty-fours. 1852 G. W. Johnson 392/2 Nine-inch pot..16s. [= sixteens]. 1895 (Sutton & Sons) (ed. 6) 323 Small 60..23/ 4[inches]. Mid. 60..3. Large 60..31/ 2... 16..81/ 2... 6..121/ 2. 1955 W. E. Shewell-Cooper ii. 19 The tendency is to use smaller pots and, whereas years ago we grew all our late Chrysanthemums in 12's, we try to do them today in 16's or even 24's. 1962 A. J. Huxley 69 Above are shown, to scale top row from left to right, an 81/ 2 in. pot (16),..and a 31/ 2 in. pot (large 60). Compounds1775 165/1 [On Nov. 30 there was] executed at Tyburn,..John Rann, alias Sixteen-String Jack. 1780 V. 139 [He obtained] the appellation of Sixteen-strings Jack, by wearing breeches with eight strings at each knee. 1849 H. M. Noad (ed. 3) 50 Common sixteen-ounce phials of white glass. 1865 ‘C. Bede’ 269 Their Sixteen-shilling Reversible Trousers. 1888 XXIV. 464/2 In weaving, say a sixteen-leaf satin. 1890 W. J. Gordon 204 To print a sixteen-page paper in duplicate. C2. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > film > types of 1926–7 971/1 The Bell Howell ‘Filmo’ automatic camera..Accommodates newly standardized 16 m/m films. 1951 R. Spottiswoode i. 9 The producer must also make up his mind whether to shoot in color or black and white, in standard theater 35 mm. film, or nontheatrical 16 mm. film. 1969 G. Greene i. viii. 82 The films, of course, had all been shot on sixteen millimetre, and..they were enlarged practically to cinerama size. 1977 29 Aug. 66/2 Travelling, then, at almost six hundred miles an hour, we watch this innovative sixteen-millimetre movie, projected with infinite difficulty at thirty-six feet a minute. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Rang A sixteene-stringd Lute. 1794 D. Steel I. 29 It is trimmed sixteen-square. 1794 D. Steel I. 33 The yard is then sixteen-squared. 1895 F. A. Swettenham 157 A sixteen-sided stand. 1695 No. 3112/3 We found in the Castle..69 Pieces of Cannon, viz…3 sixteen Pounders [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.n.a900 |
