quattuordecimal
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quattuordecimal
Where it comes from
From Latin quattuordecim + -al.
adjective
- Based upon the number fourteen. But perhaps the most surprising “most-needed additions” of this kind are “teddera, peddera, pimp, and yan-a-dick,” which are said to be numerals used for counting sheep. It is not quite clear what numbers these additions displace or whether the shepherd has really adopted a “quattuor-decimal” system
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@misc{quattuordecimal_2026,
title = {quattuordecimal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quattuordecimal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
