zenzizenzizenzic, n.

zenzizenzizenzic
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First published 2018

# † zenzizenzizenzicnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zenzizenzizenzic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zenzizenzizenzic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1600s.

### Where does the noun zenzizenzizenzic come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1500s

The earliest known use of the noun zenzizenzizenzic is in the mid 1500s.

OED's earliest evidence for zenzizenzizenzic is from 1557, in the writing of Robert Recorde, mathematician and physician.

### Nearby entries

1. Zenonism, n.¹ 1789–
2. Zenonism, n.² 1935–
3. zenzi-, comb. form
4. zenzic, n. & adj. 1557–71
5. zenzicube, adj. & n. 1557–1690
6. zenzicubic, adj. 1557–71
7. zenzicubicube, n. a1690
8. zenzizenzic, adj. & n. 1557–1690
9. zenzizenzicube, n. a1690
10. zenzizenzicubic, adj. a1690
11. zenzizenzizenzic, n.1557–1690
12. zeolite, n. 1770–
13. zeolitic, adj. 1782–
14. zeolitical, adj. 1788–
15. zeolitically, adv. 1926–
16. zeolitiform, adj. 1788–
17. zeolitization, n. 1879–
18. zeolitize, v. 1881–
19. zeolitized, adj. 1888–
20. Zephiran, n. 1935–
21. Zéphirine Drouhin, n. 1901–

## Meaning & use

Mathematics. rare. Obsolete.

1. 1557–1690
   The square of a square of a square number; the eighth power of a number.
   1. 1557

      > Zenzizenzizenzikes, that is squares of squared squares.

      R. Recorde, Whetstone of Witte sig. Hivv
   2. a1690

      > He may be produced 5 wayes, by Multiplying..3. The Cube into the Zenzizenzizenzike.

      S. Jeake, Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 191
   mathematics

Originally published as part of the entry for zenzi-, comb. form

zenzizenzizenzic, n. was first published in 2018.