fortieth adj 1: the ordinal number of forty in counting order [syn: {fortieth}, {40th}] n 1: position 40 in a countable series of things
Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, a. [AS. fe['o]wertigo?a. See {Forty}.] 1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts. [1913 Webster] 2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, n. One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth. [1913 Webster]