Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Fiftieth; pertaining to the number fifty.
- n. A fiftieth.
Examples
“Nicholas V, in 1450, reverted to the quinquagesimal period, while”
“Hence the time of our sorrow and affliction is fixed at forty days; the state of blessed joy which shall be hereafter is figured in the quinquagesimal festival, i.e. the fifty days from Easter to Pentecost.”
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phrontistery - q
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five; multiple of five
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A Matter Of Time
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Tweets
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mousescout there should be a word for a person who is fascinated by the number 50... i suffer from this condition & want to start a support group- but what to name it?!
Jun 21, 2009