somethingth
Used to indicate the position of a number which is uncertain or unimportant.
Adjective
- Used to indicate the position of a number which is uncertain or unimportant.
- Weymouth, Sept. the somethingth. - 1808, [William Pitt Scargill?], “Bouverie Cottage—Disappointment; The Court-Martial”, in Sketches of Character, or Specimens of Real Life. […], volume III, London: […] [F]or Longman,...
- "The Emperor Nero," said Janet, "He killed Harry's friend, Seneca [the Younger], in the eighty-somethingth year of his age; an old man, and—hush, grandada!" She could not check him. - 1870 September – 1871 November,...
- A concert was to take place in the great hall of the Institute for some local charity, we believe, but are not sure, at which the élite of Alexandria was expected, and the musical talent was to perform—among others the...
Synonyms: how manyth whatth
Origin
From something + -th (suffix forming ordinal numerals when the final term of the number is not ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’).