Associations to the word «Fourteenth»

Wiktionary

FOURTEENTH, adjective. The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
FOURTEENTH, noun. The person or thing in the fourteenth position.
FOURTEENTH, noun. One of fourteen equal parts of a whole.

Dictionary definition

FOURTEENTH, noun. Position 14 in a countable series of things.
FOURTEENTH, adjective. Coming next after the thirteenth in position.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats