Pronounced: PAN(t)-thee-ahn, noun
Notes: This word had a meaning I didn’t know
Yesterday’s word
The word senary means
- relating to the number six
- having sixth rank
- having six parts of things
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
I was familiar with “sestet” and “sextet”, but not our word. Our word came from the Latin word senarious (consisting of six).
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