sixteenthadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪkˈstiːnθ/,

/ˈsɪkstiːnθ/, U.S.

/ˌsɪkˈstinθ/,

/ˈsɪkˌstinθ/

Forms:

α. Old English sextegða, Old English sexteoða, Old English sexteoþegan (inflected form, transmission error), Old English sixteoða, Old English systeoða, Old English syxteoþa, Old English syxteoða, early Middle English sixteoþe (south-western), Middle English sixteþe (south-west midlands and south-western), Middle English syxstethe (Hampshire).

β. early Middle English sixtenðe, Middle English sexstenethe, Middle English sextenth, Middle English sextenþe, Middle English sixstenethe, Middle English sixtenþe, Middle English syxtenethe, Middle English 1600s sextenthe, Middle English–1500s syxtenth, Middle English–1600s sixtenth, Middle English–1600s sixtenthe, 1500s sixeteenthe, 1500s sixteenthe, 1500s syxteenth, 1500s syxteneth, 1500s syxtenneth, 1500s syxtenthe, 1500s–1600s sixeteenth, 1500s–1600s sixetenth, 1500s–1600s sixteeneth, 1500s–1600s sixtienth, 1500s– sixteenth, 1600s sixtteenth; Scottish pre-1700 sexteenth, pre-1700 sextenth, pre-1700 1700s– sixteenth, 1900s– saxteenth.

γ. Middle English sextend (Lincolnshire); Scottish pre-1700 sextend, pre-1700 sextende.

δ. 1500s sixtente; Scottish pre-1700 saxteint, pre-1700 saxtenit, pre-1700 sexteint, pre-1700 sextent, pre-1700 sextint, 1800s saxteent', 1900s– saxteent.

Also represented by the abbreviations 16th, 16^th, xvith, xvi^th, XVIth, XVI^th, and variants.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian sextīnda , (with further suffixation) sextēndesta , (with suffix substitution) sextēnsta (West Frisian sechstjinde ), Middle Dutch sestiende (Dutch zestiende ), Middle Low German sesteende (German regional (Low German) sästende , (with suffix substitution) sestainste ), Old High German sehszehanto (Middle High German sehszehende , German sechzehnte ), Old Icelandic sextándi , Old Swedish siæxtande (Swedish sextonde ), Old Danish sextændæ , sextende (Danish sekstende ) < the Germanic base of six adj. + the Germanic base of tenth adj. (compare discussion of form types at that entry).The β. and δ. forms show alteration after sixteen 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 γ. forms probably reflect Scandinavian influence. Compare discussion at tenth adj. and n.

The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral sixteen n.

A. adj.

1. With modified noun expressed or implied.

ΘΚΠ

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

sixteentha900

sixteen1412

steenth1895

α.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 16 Jan. 18 On þone sexteoðan dæg þæs monðes.

c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) 283 Sextus decimus, se syxteoða.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5244 In þe sixteþe [c1430 sixtene] ȝere of þe kinges kinedom.

c1300 St. Swithin 81 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 45 Eiȝte hondred ȝer and in þe sixteoþe ȝere.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 145 In þe sixteþe ȝere he was i-made knyȝt.

β. a1220 Juliana 79 I þe Sixtenðe dei of feouerreres moneð.c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 221 Þe sextenþe [article is] þat þei ben verrey..myrrours of mekenesse.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 3 The yer sextenthe of kyng Richard.14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 610 Sedenus, the syxtenethe.1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 188 The sixteenth Chapter endeth the exposition.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seziesme, the sixteenth in ranke, number, &c.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bible The New Latin Translations, done..in the 16th Century.1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans (1891) i. xii. 388 The shadow of the fifth century was on the sixteenth.1866 C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest xi Within a week of their sixteenth birthday.γ. 1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 180 Wil Smith and John eldar a ilkane of thir a sextend pairt.δ. 1589 in Exch. Rolls Scotl. XXII. 27 The fewferm of the sexteint pairt of the landis.

2. sixteenth note n. the sixteenth part of a semibreve; a semiquaver.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > [noun] > semiquaver

semiquavera1577

demi-quaver1658

sixteenth note1861

1861 J. S. Adams 5000 Mus. Terms 92.

B. n.

1. A sixteenth part.

ΘΚΠ

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

sixteenth1611

steenth1981

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seziesme, a sixteenth; a sixteenth part.

1769 St. James's Chron. 14–16 Sept. 3/3 The Tickets..are..divided into Halves, Quarters, Eighths and Sixteenths.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 31 Wings of the male one inch to one inch one-sixteenth.

1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 176 The fourth a quarter as wide, or one sixteenth as large.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 742 One thirty-second to one sixteenth of a grain of periodide.

2. Music. (a) The interval of two octaves and a second. (b) A sixteenth note.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > sixteenth-twentieth

nineteenth1597

seventeenth1597

twentieth1609

sixteenth1876

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlii. 180 He'll keep me there while he tweedles upon the Twelfth and Sixteenth.

Derivatives

sixˈteenthly adv. in the sixteenth place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > sixteenthly

sixteenthlya1642

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 322/1 Sixteenthly, They ought to appoint a Surveyor.

1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 245 And Sixteenthly, The Glory that Vertue casts about the Head of those who suffer this little Martyrdom.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 117 Never..was a sermon listened to with more impatience... The Captain heard ‘sixteenthly’—‘seventeenthly’—‘eighteenthly’, and ‘to conclude’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sixteenth
释义	sixteenthadj.n. Brit. /ˌsɪkˈstiːnθ/, /ˈsɪkstiːnθ/, U.S. /ˌsɪkˈstinθ/, /ˈsɪkˌstinθ/ Forms: α. Old English sextegða, Old English sexteoða, Old English sexteoþegan (inflected form, transmission error), Old English sixteoða, Old English systeoða, Old English syxteoþa, Old English syxteoða, early Middle English sixteoþe (south-western), Middle English sixteþe (south-west midlands and south-western), Middle English syxstethe (Hampshire). β. early Middle English sixtenðe, Middle English sexstenethe, Middle English sextenth, Middle English sextenþe, Middle English sixstenethe, Middle English sixtenþe, Middle English syxtenethe, Middle English 1600s sextenthe, Middle English–1500s syxtenth, Middle English–1600s sixtenth, Middle English–1600s sixtenthe, 1500s sixeteenthe, 1500s sixteenthe, 1500s syxteenth, 1500s syxteneth, 1500s syxtenneth, 1500s syxtenthe, 1500s–1600s sixeteenth, 1500s–1600s sixetenth, 1500s–1600s sixteeneth, 1500s–1600s sixtienth, 1500s– sixteenth, 1600s sixtteenth; Scottish pre-1700 sexteenth, pre-1700 sextenth, pre-1700 1700s– sixteenth, 1900s– saxteenth. γ. Middle English sextend (Lincolnshire); Scottish pre-1700 sextend, pre-1700 sextende. δ. 1500s sixtente; Scottish pre-1700 saxteint, pre-1700 saxtenit, pre-1700 sexteint, pre-1700 sextent, pre-1700 sextint, 1800s saxteent', 1900s– saxteent. Also represented by the abbreviations 16th, 16^th, xvith, xvi^th, XVIth, XVI^th, and variants. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian sextīnda , (with further suffixation) sextēndesta , (with suffix substitution) sextēnsta (West Frisian sechstjinde ), Middle Dutch sestiende (Dutch zestiende ), Middle Low German sesteende (German regional (Low German) sästende , (with suffix substitution) sestainste ), Old High German sehszehanto (Middle High German sehszehende , German sechzehnte ), Old Icelandic sextándi , Old Swedish siæxtande (Swedish sextonde ), Old Danish sextændæ , sextende (Danish sekstende ) < the Germanic base of six adj. + the Germanic base of tenth adj. (compare discussion of form types at that entry).The β. and δ. forms show alteration after sixteen 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 γ. forms probably reflect Scandinavian influence. Compare discussion at tenth adj. and n. The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral sixteen n. A. adj. 1. With modified noun expressed or implied. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixteen > sixteenth sixteentha900 sixteen1412 steenth1895 α. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 16 Jan. 18 On þone sexteoðan dæg þæs monðes. c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) 283 Sextus decimus, se syxteoða. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5244 In þe sixteþe [c1430 sixtene] ȝere of þe kinges kinedom. c1300 St. Swithin 81 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 45 Eiȝte hondred ȝer and in þe sixteoþe ȝere. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 145 In þe sixteþe ȝere he was i-made knyȝt. β. a1220 Juliana 79 I þe Sixtenðe dei of feouerreres moneð.c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 221 Þe sextenþe [article is] þat þei ben verrey..myrrours of mekenesse.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 3 The yer sextenthe of kyng Richard.14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 610 Sedenus, the syxtenethe.1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 188 The sixteenth Chapter endeth the exposition.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seziesme, the sixteenth in ranke, number, &c.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bible The New Latin Translations, done..in the 16th Century.1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans (1891) i. xii. 388 The shadow of the fifth century was on the sixteenth.1866 C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest xi Within a week of their sixteenth birthday.γ. 1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 180 Wil Smith and John eldar a ilkane of thir a sextend pairt.δ. 1589 in Exch. Rolls Scotl. XXII. 27 The fewferm of the sexteint pairt of the landis. 2. sixteenth note n. the sixteenth part of a semibreve; a semiquaver. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > [noun] > semiquaver semiquavera1577 demi-quaver1658 sixteenth note1861 1861 J. S. Adams 5000 Mus. Terms 92. B. n. 1. A sixteenth part. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > sixteen > a sixteenth sixteenth1611 steenth1981 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seziesme, a sixteenth; a sixteenth part. 1769 St. James's Chron. 14–16 Sept. 3/3 The Tickets..are..divided into Halves, Quarters, Eighths and Sixteenths. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 31 Wings of the male one inch to one inch one-sixteenth. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 176 The fourth a quarter as wide, or one sixteenth as large. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 742 One thirty-second to one sixteenth of a grain of periodide. 2. Music. (a) The interval of two octaves and a second. (b) A sixteenth note. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > sixteenth-twentieth nineteenth1597 seventeenth1597 twentieth1609 sixteenth1876 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlii. 180 He'll keep me there while he tweedles upon the Twelfth and Sixteenth. Derivatives sixˈteenthly adv. in the sixteenth place. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adverb] > sixteenthly sixteenthlya1642 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 322/1 Sixteenthly, They ought to appoint a Surveyor. 1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 245 And Sixteenthly, The Glory that Vertue casts about the Head of those who suffer this little Martyrdom. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 117 Never..was a sermon listened to with more impatience... The Captain heard ‘sixteenthly’—‘seventeenthly’—‘eighteenthly’, and ‘to conclude’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a900
随便看	foremore foremost foremost fight foremostly foremother foremothers forename forenamed forenames forenenst forenent foreness forenext forenicht forenight forenights forenook forenoon forenoons forenoted forenotice forenotion forensal forensic forensic medicine