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fourty

fourty is the obsolete spelling of forty.

fourty is the misspelling of forty.

Meaning of forty

Numeral

forty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
    • 'Tis forty years this very day,
      Since you and I, old girl, were married.1825, unknown, Harrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book, page 35
    Synonyms:
    twoscore

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Questions about fourty

What is fourty the obsolete spelling of?
Fourty is the obsolete spelling of forty.

Words near fourty in the dictionary

  1. fourths
  2. fourties
  3. fourtieth
  4. fourtino
  5. fourtinos
  6. fourty
  7. fourty-one
  8. fourwheeled
  9. fouse
  10. Fouses
  11. Foushee

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