Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Twentieth.
  • adjective Proceeding or occurring in intervals of 20.
  • adjective Based on or relating to 20.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Twentieth.
  • Based upon twenty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective A twentieth part
  • adjective Occurring in intervals of 20
  • adjective To the base 20

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or based on the number twenty

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin vīgēsimus, variant of vīcēsimus, twentieth, from vīgintī, twenty; see wīkm̥tī- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin vīcēsimus.

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  • This problem has seethed and bubbled

    And leaves me numerically troubled:

    If your count is decimal

    And mine is vigesimal,

    Have I halved you or are you doubled?

    April 5, 2014

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    April 6, 2014

  • gangerh confirms a reputation for exquisite taste.

    April 7, 2014