seventeen

seventeen
noun Etymology: seventeen, adjective, from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontēne; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: 14th century — see number table • seventeen adjectiveseventeen pronoun, plural in constructionseventeenth adjective or noun

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