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for⋅ti⋅eth

  [fawr-tee-ith]
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–adjective
1. next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
2. being one of 40 equal parts.
–noun
3. a fortieth part, esp. of one ( 1/40 ).
4. the fortieth member of a series.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME fourtithe, OE fēowertigotha. See forty, -eth
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for·ti·eth   (fôr'tē-ĭth)   
n.  

  1. The ordinal number matching the number 40 in a series.

  2. One of 40 equal parts.

for'ti·eth adv. & adj.
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