adj. 1. Twentieth. 2. Proceeding or occurring in intervals of 20. 3. Based on or relating to 20. [From Latin vīgēsimus, variant of vīcēsimus, twentieth, from vīgintī, twenty; see wīktī- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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