twelfe
English
Adjective
twelfe (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of twelfth.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies
- [in the table of contents:] Twelfe-Night, or what you will.
- [as the title of a comedy:] Twelfe Night, Or what you will.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies
Numeral
twelfe
- Obsolete form of twelve.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
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Middle English
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