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eighteenth

  • adjective
  • eigh·teenth
  • /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

Related words

  • eighteenthly
  • long eighteenth century

Example sentences

  • “In the eighteenth century, women were treated as second-class citizens.”

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Word history

From Old English "eahtatēoþa".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “eighteenth” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.