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Word entry · 5 letters

ninth

Best crossword clue

"After eighth"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /naɪnθ/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted hinntStarts with NEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

Word origin

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. Equivalent to nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • Kash Patel, born to Gujarati parents in New York in 1980, was sworn in as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, in the presence of his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins and his family.
  • οὐ[δ̓] ὲνατεὐεται, should be translated “a tithe (offering or fee) is not given (or paid)”, “no tithing” (literally, “a ninth is not given”, “no ninth-ing”, if I may coin such a word).
  • A yearling "is ninthed" for Semele on Myconos (LSCG 96.23–24); the victim "is not ninthed" for Heracles Thasios

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