nineteenth

[ nahyn-teenth ]

adjective

1. next after the eighteenth; being the ordinal number for 19.
2. being one of 19 equal parts.

noun

1. a nineteenth part, especially of one (1/19).
2. the nineteenth member of a series.

nineteenth

/ ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ /

adjective

1. usually prenominal
   1. coming after the eighteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc, being the ordinal number of nineteen. Often written: 19th
   2. ( as noun )

      the nineteenth was rainy

noun

1. 1. one of 19 approximately equal parts of something
   2. ( as modifier )

      a nineteenth part

2. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 ( 1 19 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of nineteenth¹

before 900; Middle English nyntenthe ( nineteen, -th ² ); replacing nientethe, Old English nigonteotha; nine, tithe

Example Sentences

Sprawling across a quarter of the globe, the nineteenth and twentieth-century British Empire was the largest in history.

From Time

This was all the rage among Bible scholars in the nineteenth century.

From The Daily Beast

First appearing in 1779, sex-assignment surgeries became increasingly popular from the nineteenth century onward.

From The Daily Beast

A series of political movements and cultural revolutions changed this, beginning as far back as the nineteenth century.

From The Daily Beast

The origins of the term dyslexia can be traced back to late nineteenth century Europe.

From The Daily Beast

He has compared attempts to justify slavery as being like attempts to justify slavery in the nineteenth century.

From The Daily Beast

The "new world" was really found in the wonder-years of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

From Project Gutenberg

The economists and the leading thinkers of the nineteenth century were in no doubt about this question.

From Project Gutenberg

The narrow individualism of the nineteenth century refused to recognize the social duty of supporting somebody else's grandmother.

From Project Gutenberg

The attitude of the nineteenth century upon this point was little short of insane.

From Project Gutenberg

As my friend said, could any one believe this of a well-educated man in the nineteenth century?

From Project Gutenberg