English Explanatory Dictionary

vicenary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty.
noun
  1. An officer in command of twenty men.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪsən(ə)ɹi/ /ˈvaɪ-/ /ˈvɪsəˌnɛɹi/

Word forms

vicenary vicenarie vicenaries

Etymology

From Latin vīcēnārius, from vīcēnus (“twenty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). Doublet of vicenarious. Ultimately cognate with English vigenary.

Synonyms

vigesimal

Related words

primary secondary tertiary quaternary quinary senary septenary octonary nonary denary undenary duodenary quindenary centenary (100) millenary (1000)
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