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forty

UK/ˈfɔːti/ US/ˈfoːtɪj/ fairly common slang us
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adjective

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being ten more than thirty

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noun

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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

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From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).

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