One of the most peculiar numeral words in English is “zenzizenzizenzic”, which means “the eighth power of a number”, as in “The zenzizenzizenzic of 2 is 256″. It was used only once in English, in Robert Recorde’s The Whetstone of Wit (1557). It is derived from an equally-obsolete “zenzic”, which referred to the square of a number. It is the only English word with six Zs, and is thus, if I may be allowed to coin a term, hexazetic.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:57:13 +0000
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