undevicesimal

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ūndēvīcēsimus (nineteenth) + -al.

Adjective

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undevicesimal (not comparable)

  1. Based upon the number nineteen.
    • 1950 March 4, John Evans, “Notes on News in Religion”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CIX, number 54, Chicago, Ill., page 8:
      St. Paul arrived in Greece 1,900 years ago this summer. It was a momentous event for the peoples of the western world. To signalize this undevicesimal centennial, the Greek Orthodox church is inviting scholars and religious leaders thruout the world to Athens for a delayed celebration in June of 1951.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:undevicesimal.

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