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vigesimal.

Occurring in intervals of twenty.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/vaɪ-/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/-sə-/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Occurring in intervals of twenty.

    not-comparable
  2. To the base twenty.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).

noun/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/vaɪ-/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/-sə-/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A twentieth part.

Where this word comes from

From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).

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