SEVENTY

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: ~, adjective, from Middle English, from Old English seofontig, short for hundseofontig, from hundseofontig, noun, group of ~, from hund hundred + seofon seven + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: 13th century see: number the numbers 70 to 79, a Mormon elder ordained for missionary work under the apostles, seventieth adjective or noun ~ adjective ~ pronoun, plural in construction