teenty en · ADJ · etymology 1
Meanings
- (informal) Very small; teensy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| teentiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| teentier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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teenty en · NUM · etymology 2
Etymology
* ten + -ty Perhaps from Old English hundtēontiġ (compare hundseofontiġ, hundeahtatiġ, hundniġontiġ, hundendleftiġ, and hundtwelftiġ for modern seventy, eighty, ninety, and nonstandard eleventy, twelfty, reflecting the old Germanic hybrid base-ten and base-twelve numbering system); perhaps reconstructed based on eleventy etc. and -teen.
Meanings
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(nonstandard) One hundred (100), especially a short hundred when considering long hundreds.
Base 120 is the largest of the historically attested bases […] There are references to a long or twelftywise count vs a short or teenty-wise count in all of the early Germanic writings.
Krieger, Wendy (15 September 2008 (last accessed)), “Twelfty for Decimal-Users”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Relateds
twelfty (120) · eleventy (110)