sixtieth

[ siks-tee-ith ]

adjective

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

noun

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

ˈsixtieth

/ ˈsɪkstɪəθ /

adjective

1. 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. 1. one of 60 approximately equal parts of something
   2. ( as modifier )

      a sixtieth part

2. the fraction equal to one divided by 60 ( 1 60 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixtieth¹

before 1000; Middle English sixtithe, sixtiaghte, Old English sixtighetha, sixteoghotha; sixty, -eth ²

Example Sentences

The sixtieth anniversary issue of the magazine hits newsstands in December.

From The Daily Beast

Up there, the lights on the sixtieth floor gleamed in the night.

From Project Gutenberg

The sweating may be controlled by small doses of atropia, from the one-sixtieth to the one-thirtieth of a grain.

From Project Gutenberg

If you serve with the troops, of whom I judge you to be a scout, you should know of such a regiment of the king as the Sixtieth.

From Project Gutenberg

He was nearing his sixtieth year now, and he looked and seemed much older.

From Project Gutenberg

Across the street was the Lasser Building; high up on the sixtieth floor, a whole suite of offices was brightly lit.

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