zenzizenzizenzic

English

Etymology

Coined by Robert Recorde (as zenzizenzizenzike) in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from the root word zenzic.

Noun

zenzizenzizenzic (plural not attested)

1. (mathematics, obsolete) The eighth power of a number.
   • 1866, Charles Knight, The English Cyclopaedia: a new dictionary of Universal Knowledge, page 1045:

     From this and the word cube, various denominations of powers were formed, as zenzi-cubic for sixth, zenzizenzizenzic for eighth, &c., from which we are now happily delivered.

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