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fifteenth (adj., n.)

"next in order after the fourteenth; an ordinal numeral; being one of fifteen equal parts into which a whole is regarded as divided;" late 14c., from fifteen + -th (1). By 15c. displacing forms derived from Old English fifteoða. Compare Old Frisian fiftuda, Dutch vijftiende, German fünfzehnte, Old Norse fimmtandi, Gothic fimftataihunda, with ordinal -d where English has -th. As a noun by late 14c.

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Definitions of fifteenth from WordNet
1
fifteenth (n.)
position 15 in a countable series of things;
2
fifteenth (adj.)
coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position;
Synonyms: th
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