\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. 2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
\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.