Category:Twenty

Twen"ty, a. Etym: [oe. twenty, as. tw, twentig; akin to ofris. Twintich, os. tw, d. & lg. twintig, ohg. zweinzug, g. zwanzig, goth. Twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See twain, two, and ten.]

1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.

2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. Shak. Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man. Bacon.

Twenty Twen"ty, n.; pl. Twenties (.

1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, Or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.

2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.