quattuordecimal

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Based upon the number fourteen. not-comparable,rare
    — But perhaps the most surprising “most-needed additions” of this kind are “teddera, peddera, pimp, and yan-a-dick,” which are said to be numerals used for counting sheep. It is not quite clear what numbers these additions displace or whether the shepherd has really adopted a “quattuor-decimal” system.

词源

From Latin quattuordecim + -al.
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