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eighteenth

eigh·teenth

UK/ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/ US/ˈeɪˈtinθ/ rare informal

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1.

coming next after the seventeenth in position

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English eightetenthe, eightetethe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

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