whichth

Definitions

Which ordinal number.

nonstandard, not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Whichth president was Abraham Lincoln?”

“Whichth planet from the sun is the earth?”

“And but one argument arose, it was over this abstruse astronomical zodiacal problem: If the first "Jamieson Day" was celebrated in 1898, whichth "Jamieson Day" do we celebrate⟳ this year, the thirteenth or the fourteenth? and whichth anniversary is it?”

“[…] knocking the stuffing out of each other for goodness knows the whichth time this year […]”

“[…] lay⟳ back in the lounger, checking the mantel clock for the he-didn't-know-whichth time. Four-forth-five.”

“But the use⟳ of ordinals to answer⟳ questions of the form⟳, "The whichᵗʰ member of the ordering?" is as much one of their distinguishing characteristics as the use⟳ of cardinals to answer⟳ questions of the form⟳ "How many?" is one of theirs.”

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