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twelfth

  [twelfth] ,
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–adjective
1. next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
2. being one of 12 equal parts.
–noun
3. a twelfth part, esp. of one ( 1/12 ).
4. the twelfth member of a series.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME twelfthe, twelfte, OE twelfta, equiv. to twelf twelve + -ta -th 2
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twelfth   (twělfth)   
n.  

  1. The ordinal number matching the number 12 in a series.

  2. One of 12 equal parts.


[Middle English twelfthe, alteration of Old English twelfta; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
twelfth adv. & adj.
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Word Origin & History

twelfth 
O.E. twelfta, cognate with O.N. tolfti, O.Fris. twelefta, O.H.G. zwelifto, Ger. zwölfte (see twelve). O.E. twelftan niht "Twelfth Night," the eve of Epiphany, which comes twelve days after Christmas, formerly was a time of merrymaking.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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