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sixtieth definition

six·ti·eth (siks′tē it̸h)

adjective

  1. preceded by fifty-nine others in a series; 60th
  2. designating any of the sixty equal parts of something

Etymology: ME sixtithe < OE sixteogotha < sixtig: see sixty & -th

noun

  1. the one following the fifty-ninth
  2. any of the sixty equal parts of something;

adverb

in the sixtieth place, rank, group, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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