Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twenty-firster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twen-ty--firster
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person's 21st birthday.

Informal

Example Sentences

"On his twenty-firster his father, in a characteristic gesture, had given him an Indian servant, and when Sandys was at the Embassy in Berlin, this splendid creature appeared at his dinner parties in a long white coat, rows of medals […]"

Etymology

From twenty-first + -er.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

twenty-firsters (plural)

Questions

What does twenty-firster mean?: A person's 21st birthday.
Where does twenty-firster come from?: From twenty-first + -er.

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