Definitions
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- adjective nonstandard
second , inordinal numbers higher than "twentieth"
Etymologies
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Examples
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You note that twoth is used in mathematics and computing, and you mention the terms nth and zeroth.
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I've just done a quick search and found chapter the twoth, the twoth of July, part the twoth, and many more, as well as quite a wide range of jocular expressions relying upon it.
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I don't think this use of twoth is especially frequent, but it exists.
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I don't think this use of twoth is especially frequent, but it exists.
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We find such expressions as 'the twoth-complement number'.
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This is twoth in the sense of 'second', rhyming with tooth; not the combination of twee and Goth, rhyming with moth.
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I've just done a quick search and found chapter the twoth, the twoth of July, part the twoth, and many more, as well as quite a wide range of jocular expressions relying upon it.
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US columnist Larry Levy has a piece on two-player games headed The twoth, the whole twoth, and nothing but the twoth.
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US columnist Larry Levy has a piece on two-player games headed The twoth, the whole twoth, and nothing but the twoth.
On twoth DC 2008
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We find such expressions as 'the twoth-complement number'.
On twoth DC 2008
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