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sixtyadj.n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian sextich , sextech (West Frisian sechstich ), Middle Dutch sestich (Dutch zestig ), Old Saxon sehstic (Middle Low German sestich ), Old High German sehszug (Middle High German sehzec , sehzic , German sechzig ), Old Icelandic sex tigir , sextigi , sextíu (Icelandic sextíu ), Old Swedish siäxtighi (Swedish sextio ), Old Danish sextighe , sextii (Danish seksti ), Gothic saihs tigjus < the Germanic base of six adj. + the Germanic base of -ty suffix2.Old Icelandic sextíu (Icelandic sextíu ) and Swedish sextio show remodelling of the suffix after the respective forms of ten adj. The usual word in modern Danish is tres (shortened < tresindstyve, literally ‘three times twenty’), although seksti is still used in certain (especially commercial) contexts. The cardinal numeral equal to six tens, represented by the symbols 60 or lx. A. adj. 1. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty α. c950 Matt. p. 19 Bisin [he] cueð wæstm[es] ðrittiges, sexteiges, & hundrades. c950 Mark iv. 20 [Hia] wæstmiað an ðrittig & an sextig. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 663 Twelwe and sexti men woren ðor-to. 1330 R. Mannyng (Rolls) 10197 In þat louh ar sexti iles. 1393 W. Langland C. iv. 234 Ich saued my-self and sexty þousand lyues. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 827 Sexty thai slew. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty > sixtieth 1483 332/1 Sexty,..sexagesimus. 2. 1597 J. Skene at Serplath Ane thousand, three hundreth, sextie aucht zeires. 1728 E. Chambers at Star Under the Name of the Noble Academy of the Knights of the Star, reducing the..Number of Knights to Sixty-two. 1777 W. Robertson (1783) III. 177 The most valuable of these was published by Purchas in sixty-six plates. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xi. 94 The actress, who was sixty-five years of age. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 191 in (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The new building..is one hundred and seventy feet long by sixty-one feet deep. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others 1857 T. Frere (new ed.) 4 The German game of ‘Sechs und Sechszig’, or Sixty-six, has never before, that we are aware of, been dressed in an English garb. 1897 22 Feb. 9/2 The game was called ‘66’. 3. 1647 Prop. 12 The sixtie one Canon of the sixth generall Synode. 1777 W. Robertson (1783) II. 395 The sixty-second year of his age. 1821 Ld. Byron Cain ii. ii, in 388 As The sixty-thousandth generation shall be. 1879 9 77 The patient was out of bed on the sixty-second [day]. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship-owning > [noun] > ship-owner > part-owner 1768 in C. Chauncy Suppl. 74 It was but the sixty thousandth part. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins I. xxx. 269 A favor..in the form of..sixty-fourths of lottery-tickets. 1889 14 June 3/3 A shipowning port, in which the disease of the sixty fourther exists in an aggravated form. 1899 A. Werner 76 The minutest fraction of European blood,..one thirty-second, perhaps, or one sixty-fourth. B. n. 1. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > sixty 1340 (1866) 234 Þe tale of zixti þet is wel gratter, þet is of zixziþe ten. a1400 91 Turtils troned on trene By sixti I sayȝ. c1425 (E.E.T.S.) 4 Þere he [the figure 6] schuld tokyne but sexty. 1594 T. Blundeville i. App. f. 38v Which [numbers] maketh two sixties to bee kept in minde. 1728 E. Chambers at Character The same Characters are sometimes us'd, where the Progression is by Tens; as 'tis here by Sixties. 1755 S. Johnson at Second The second division of an hour by sixty. 1886 C. Pendlebury (1897) 5 The number in six groups of ten is called sixty. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > very swiftly the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy 1848 J. R. Lowell in 28 Sept. 70/6 Though like sixty all along I fumed an' fussed. 1860 215 ‘To go like sixty,’ i.e. at a good rate, briskly. 1910 3 445 That child cuts up like sixty. 1975 J. D. Fitzgerald ii. 20 We ran like sixty to the front porch. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > at interest 1853 C. Reade i. 1 What you do on the sly, I do on the sly, old sixty per cent. 1897 R. Marsh xii Was he going to develop into a sixty per cent, and offer me a loan? the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age 1717 M. Prior iii. 503 We find ourselves at Sixty wise. 1780 No. 103 He seemed to be about sixty, but retained a..florid complexion. 1843 G. Borrow II. viii. 163 He appeared to be about sixty-five. 1872 C. S. Calverley 30 Although I am but sixty-three Or four. 1890 11 Oct. 473/2 An old lady over sixty. the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years > decade > specific decade in a century or person's life 1886 W. Besant III. ii. xxi. 21 The old patter, that spoken by himself in the early sixties, was unknown. 1889 R. B. Anderson tr. V. Rydberg 9 A series of works published in the fifties and sixties. 1964 M. McLuhan ii. xxxi. 320 TV in the Fifties and Sixties spread to the entire population. 1978 3 Aug. 145/1 I was, alas, one of those who spent the Sixties sneering at the notion of parish~pump broadcasting. 1981 ‘D. Shannon’ ii. 34 They were both in the sixties, middle-sized, sandy coloring. 1983 D. Gethin xiv. 99 An ageing sixties swinger with the elegant mannerisms of a professional hotelier. 4. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > cotton > sewing cotton > specific 1894 23 Jan. 2/6 Medium sixties are a shade weaker. 1894 2 Feb. 2/6 Super 60's and the finer crossbreds..are steady. 1907 H. Wales xix Three reels of white cotton—one eighty and two sixty. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > flower-pot or tub > specialized types 1802 W. Forsyth viii. 114 There are some [pots] smaller than sixtys, for seedlings and heaths. 1852 G. W. Johnson 392/2 Three-inch pot..60s [= sixties]. 1895 (Sutton & Sons) (ed. 6) 323 Small 60..23/ 4[inches]. Mid. 60..3. Large 60..31/ 2... 16..81/ 2... 6..121/ 2. 1908 W. P. Wright iii. i. 245 The most useful sizes of pots is ‘sixties’, etc. 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). Compounds C1. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > coaster > types of 1747 J. Lind (1757) i. 35 (note) None who had not commanded..60 gun ships, would have a right [etc.]. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler I. 258 The French had erected a battery of twenty-four sixty pounders. 1827 P. Cunningham II. xxx. 268 Why could not the fellow..have had his sixty-guinea hoard taken from him..? 1850 G. Glenny 155 When they have taken good root, pot them into sixty-sized pots. 1882 (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 123 A new 60-stamp mill has been under course of construction. 1933 I. Hamilton 29 The Five Stars was a few tons larger than the average ancient sixty miler. 1933 I. Hamilton 210 During the slack ‘sixty-miler’ season. 1940 E. Blunden 202 And as the stream's last murmer stilled, Our sixty-pounders started talking. 1948 28 Jan. 1/7 Sydney's gas supply now depends on the ‘60-milers’. 1860 15 Sept. 547 The gun was designed for a sixty-eight pound shot. 1860 15 Sept. 547 No sixty-eight pounder in the service. 1896 Apr. 407/1 I..returned..holding the sixty-one day record. 1899 2 Aug. 7 The sailing yacht Vendetta, a well-known sixty-five rater. C2. society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixty-fourmo 1805 in E. Howe (1947) ii. 92 Forty-eights to be paid two shillings per sheet extra, and sixty-fours two shillings and sixpence per sheet extra. 1808 C. Stower 195 A Half Sheet of Sixty-fours. 1839 T. C. Hansard 168 Forty-eights to be paid 2s. per sheet extra, and sixty-fours 2s. 6d. per sheet extra. 1888 C. T. Jacobi 126 Sixty-fourmo, a sheet folded into sixty-four leaves—written shortly, 64mo. C3. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of > difficult or crucial 1942 J. R. Tunis vii. 240 Here's the sixty~four dollar question. Will the team go to Miami? 1942 18 May 22/3 The Jap..could still sweat over the $64 question. 1955 M. Gilbert xii. 176 ‘What have these receivers got to do with us?’..‘That's the sixty~four dollar question.’ 1957 R. Hoggart vi. 150 All the time he had the sixty-four dollar answer but did not know it. 1957 21 July 1/3 Mr. Macmillan said..there was only one answer to the 64,000-dollar question—to increase production. 1958 4 Dec. 930/1 I come now to what you probably feel is the sixty-four-dollar question. How is all this to be paid for? 1963 2 Dec. 37/1 Mr. Baker..left the air, to return in 1942 as master of ceremonies on ‘Take it or Leave it’... He posed ‘the $64 question’, a term that became part of everyday language. 1967 7 Dec. 27/1 On June 1, 1955, ‘The $64,000 Question’ was born and commercial television was never the same again. 1979 127 143/2 Like his predecessor on this rostrum he left it to Mr. Tyrrell Burgess, our lecturer tonight, to tackle the sixty-four dollar question—What now? 1981 B. Healey vi. 101 It still leaves the sixty-four thousand dollar question. Where do we go from here? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.n.c893 |
