IIIIth

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A form of fourth — The ordinal form of the number four.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

adjectiveIIIIth (not comparable)

alternative IVth

  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of fourth.

    […]afore the seid iiiith day of Marche[…]

    1784, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations, page 171
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    One of the Daughters of King Edward the IIIIth,[…]iiiith Part of the Moiety of the Chaſe of Clerys,[…]

    1513, Rolls of Parliament, to Supply the Deficiencies in the Journals of the House of Lords, published 1860, page ii, vii

    Thys yere, þe IIIIᵗʰ or Vᵗʰ of Novembre, was a gret wynde þat blew down many howsis in þe contrey / & tylis, & thecche, & trees.

    1531, William Henry Hulme, The Middle-English Harrowing of hell and Gospel of Nicodemus, published 1907, page 161

    Thus, having nothing els of moment to advertise, I end wᵗʰ wishing unto yoʳ L. aswel as I wold unto my self. Ffrom Chattesworth, this iiiith of Octobre, 1573.

    1573, Mark Aloysius Tierney, The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel; Including the Biography of Its Earls, from the Conquest to the Present Time, published 1834, page 737

Origin

  1. Middle EnglishIIIIth
  2. EnglishIIIIth

From Middle English IIIIth; IIII (Roman numeral representing four) + -th (ordinal suffix).

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APA

IIIIth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IIIIth

MLA

“IIIIth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IIIIth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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