† zenzizenzicadjective & noun
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word zenzizenzic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, 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 word zenzizenzic is in the mid 1500s.
OED's earliest evidence for zenzizenzic is from 1557, in the writing of Robert Recorde, mathematician and physician.
Nearby entries
- Zenonian, adj.³ & n.²1837–
- Zenonic, adj.¹1779–
- Zenonic, adj.²1827–
- 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–
After
post-classical Latin zensizensicus (1544 or earlier); compare
Italian censo di censo (15th cent.).
1557–1690
a. adj.Designating the fourth power or root of a number; b. n.the square of a square; the fourth power of a number.
1557
Might rather haue taken .81. whiche is a Zenzizenzike nomber.
R. Recorde, Whetstone of Witte sig. Hiii
1654
For the whole being in numeration, Six thousand and five hundred sixty one, Its Zenzizenzick root I'll take.
Ex Ungue Leonem sig. E
1655
The fourth, a Biquadrat or squared square, anciently a Zenzi zenzick, figured thus zz now thus, aaaa, or for brevity, a4.
T. Gibson, Syntaxis Mathematica Preface 10
a1690
The Zenzizenzike of 8 is 4096.
S. Jeake, Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 200
Originally published as part of the entry for zenzi-, comb. form
zenzizenzic, adj. & n. was first published in 2018.
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