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'rithmetic

'rithmetic noun: arithmetic.

Noun

'rithmetic

  1. Arithmetic.

Origin of 'rithmetic

Apheretic form of arithmetic, especially used to align its initial "r" sound to that of the words "reading" and "writing".

Questions about 'rithmetic

What does 'rithmetic mean?
'rithmetic means arithmetic.
What part of speech is 'rithmetic?
'rithmetic is a noun.

Words near 'rithmetic in the dictionary

  1. 'rents
  2. 'rest
  3. 'rhoids
  4. 'rickshaw
  5. 'rickshaws
  6. 'rithmetic
  7. 'roid
  8. 'roid rage
  9. 'roided out
  10. 'roids
  11. 'rona

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