sixtieth

[siks-tee-ith]

adjective

next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
being one of 60 equal parts.

noun

a sixtieth part, especially of one (1/60).
the sixtieth member of a series.

Origin of sixtieth

before 1000; Middle English sixtithe, sixtiaghte, Old English sixtighetha, sixteoghotha; see sixty, -eth²

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Contemporary Examples of sixtieth

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Historical Examples of sixtieth

He died in April 1699, soon after he had entered his sixtieth year.
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Edward Dowden
The most part have died at or about their twelve hundred and sixtieth year.
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The twenty-fourth day of the first moon of the sixtieth year of the reign of Kien Long.
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John Barrow
Up there, the lights on the sixtieth floor gleamed in the night.
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He was born March 2, 1316, and in 1375 was in his sixtieth year.
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British Dictionary definitions for sixtieth

sixtieth

adjective

(usually prenominal)
1. being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th
2. (as noun)the sixtieth in a row

noun

1. one of 60 approximately equal parts of something
2. (as modifier)a sixtieth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 60 (1/60)

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Word Origin and History for sixtieth

Old English sixteogoða "sixtieth;" see sixty + -th (1).