nineteen

nineteen
/nuyn"teen"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
2. a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently: Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.
adj.
5. amounting to nineteen in number.
[bef. 1000; ME nintene, OE nigontyne. See NINE, -TEEN]

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