nineteenth

[nahyn-teenth]

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adjective

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

noun

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

Origin of nineteenth

before 900; Middle English nyntenthe (see nineteen, -th²); replacing nientethe, Old English nigonteotha; see nine, tithe

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Examples from the Web for nineteenth

Contemporary Examples

This was all the rage among Bible scholars in the nineteenth century.
Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist
Candida Moss, Joel Baden
December 7, 2014
First appearing in 1779, sex-assignment surgeries became increasingly popular from the nineteenth century onward.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages
Candida Moss
November 9, 2014
A series of political movements and cultural revolutions changed this, beginning as far back as the nineteenth century.
Climate Change Needs the Politics of the Impossible
Jedediah Purdy
April 6, 2014
He has compared attempts to justify slavery as being like attempts to justify slavery in the nineteenth century.
Brian May Compares Royal Hunting To Slavery
Tom Sykes
February 19, 2014
She was also a buxom beauty, a kind of nineteenth century bombshell who loved to flirt.
Lincoln in Love
Jerome Charyn
February 14, 2014

Historical Examples

For about the nineteenth time Miss Priest was an engaged young lady.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places
Archibald Forbes
Much harm was done by the Goths and Vandals of the nineteenth century.
English Villages
P. H. Ditchfield
I was three times as old—I thought so then—when I entered on my nineteenth year.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870
Various
I never sleep quietly in my bed on the nineteenth of March.'
Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens
On the nineteenth of March—of all nights in the year, on the nineteenth of March!'
Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for nineteenth

nineteenth

adjective

(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. one of 19 approximately equal parts of something
2. (as modifier)a nineteenth part
the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 (1/19)

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Word Origin and History for nineteenth

adj.

late 14c., nyntenthe; from nineteen + -th (1); a replacement or modification of nigonteoþa, from Old English nigon-teoða. Nineteenth hole "bar-room in a golf clubhouse" is attested from 1901.

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Examples from the Web for nineteenth

Contemporary Examples

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

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

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

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

She was also a buxom beauty, a kind of nineteenth century bombshell who loved to flirt.

Historical Examples

For about the nineteenth time Miss Priest was an engaged young lady.

Much harm was done by the Goths and Vandals of the nineteenth century.

I was three times as old—I thought so then—when I entered on my nineteenth year.

I never sleep quietly in my bed on the nineteenth of March.'

On the nineteenth of March—of all nights in the year, on the nineteenth of March!'

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Word Origin and History for nineteenth

adj.

Origin of nineteenth