eighteenth

eighteenth
/ay"teenth"/, adj.
1. next after the seventeenth; being the ordinal number for 18.
2. being one of 18 equal parts.
n.
3. an eighteenth part, esp. of one (1/18).
4. the eighteenth member of a series.
[bef. 900; ME eightenthe, eightethe, OE eahtateotha. See EIGHTEEN + -TH2]

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