vicesimation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌvaɪsiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/|/ˌvɪsɪsɪˈmeɪʃən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The destruction of one-twentieth of something; especially, the killing or putting to death of every twentieth person, especially by lot. countable,rare,uncountable
    — The common prisoners…were ordered to cast lots for every twentieth man to be tried, as a sort of vicesimation.

词形变化

vicesimations plural vigesimation alternative

词源

Probably formed by the suffixation of the Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”) with the English -ation on the pattern of decimation, but compare the Latin vīcēsimātiō (“a killing of every twentieth man”); the spelling vigesimation is an alteration of vicesimation under the influence of vigesimal.
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