seventy-second

[ sev-uh n-tee-sek-uh nd ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈsɛk ənd /

next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.

being one of 72 equal parts.

a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).

the seventy-second member of a series.

Words nearby seventy-second

He was sent to military headquarters, and then he was assigned to the Seventy-second Illinois Infantry.

The Blue and The Gray |A. R. White
They were written, the first at the close of his seventy-second, the other at the entry of his seventy-third year.

Avril |H. Belloc
For five years he brooded over his misfortunes and humiliation, and then died in his seventy-second year.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 |Charles H. Sylvester
Few other vehicles disputed our right to the whole width of Seventy-second Street as we skimmed eastward.

Abroad at Home |Julian Street

M. de Beauvoir describes an interview with the king, surrounded by ten of his offspring, including the seventy-second child.

Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873. |Various