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noun
1.
a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
4.
amounting to nineteen in number.
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Nineteen
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
5.
talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently: Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.
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| nineteen (ˌnaɪnˈtiːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and nine and is a prime number |
| 2. | a numeral, 19, XIX, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | something represented by, representing, or consisting of 19 units |
| 4. | talk nineteen to the dozen to talk incessantly |
| —determiner | |
| 5. | a. amounting to nineteen: nineteen pictures |
| b. (as pronoun): only nineteen voted | |
| [Old English nigontīne] | |
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