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.
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
- Zenonism, n.¹1789–
- Zenonism, n.²1935–
- zenzi-, comb. form
- zenzic, n. & adj.1557–71
- zenzicube, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzicubic, adj.1557–71
- zenzicubicube, n.a1690
- zenzizenzic, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzizenzicube, n.a1690
- zenzizenzicubic, adj.a1690
- zenzizenzizenzic, n.1557–1690
- zeolite, n.1770–
- zeolitic, adj.1782–
- zeolitical, adj.1788–
- zeolitically, adv.1926–
- zeolitiform, adj.1788–
- zeolitization, n.1879–
- zeolitize, v.1881–
- zeolitized, adj.1888–
- Zephiran, n.1935–
- Zéphirine Drouhin, n.1901–
1557–1690
The square of a square of a square number; the eighth power of a number.
1557
Zenzizenzizenzikes, that is squares of squared squares.
R. Recorde, Whetstone of Witte sig. Hivv
a1690
He may be produced 5 wayes, by Multiplying..3. The Cube into the Zenzizenzizenzike.
S. Jeake, Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 191
Originally published as part of the entry for zenzi-, comb. form
zenzizenzizenzic, n. was first published in 2018.
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