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six·teen I. \(ˈ)sik|stēn\ adjective Etymology: Middle English sixtene, adjective & noun, from Old English sixtȳne (akin to Old High German sehszehan, Old Norse sextān), from six + -tȳne (from tȳn ten) — more at six, ten : being one more than 15 in number < sixteen years > — see number table; used prepositively to designate specified years of the 17th century < the sixteen-eighties > < the early sixteen-hundreds > II. pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English sixtene, from sixtene, n. & adjective : 16 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated < sixteen are here > < sixteen were found > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English sixtene, from Old English sixtȳne 1. : 10 and six : twice eight : eight times two : four fours : the square of four 2. a. : 16 units or objects < a total of sixteen > b. : a group or set of 16 3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 16 4. : the 16th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 16th size < wears a sixteen > 5. sixteens plural : sixteenmo |