sixtieth
/ˈsɪksti.əθ/ adjective, noun
Forms sixtieths
- adjective The ordinal form of the number sixty.
- noun The person or thing in the sixtieth position.
- noun One of sixty equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms
Etymology
From earlier sixteth, from Middle English sixtithe; equivalent to sixty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
- adjective Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.
- noun The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
- noun The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
Etymology [As. sixtiogoedha, sixtigoedha.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sixtieth”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details