Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FORTY
FORTY, a. [Sax. feowertig; feower, four, and tig, ten. See Four.]
- Four times ten.
- An indefinite number; a colloquial use. A, B and C, and forty more. Swift.
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FORTY, a. [Sax. feowertig; feower, four, and tig, ten. See Four.]
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