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forty | farty |

As a numeral forty

is the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.

As a noun forty

is a 40 ounce bottle of beer.

As an adjective farty is

resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.

forty

English

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.

    • Related terms

    * Ordinal: fortieth.

    Synonyms

    * : 40 * : XL

    See also

    * Last: thirty (30), thirty-nine (39) * Next: forty-one (41), fifty (50)

    Usage notes

    * In modern usage, "Fourty" is considered incorrect. The spelling "forty" relates to some of the other numbers representing tens. Examples: twenty rather than twoty, thirty rather than threety, and fifty rather than fivety.

    Noun

    (forties)
  • (slang) A 40 ounce bottle of beer.

    • See also

    * venti English cardinal numbers ----

    farty

    English

    Adjective

    (fartier)
  • (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
  • * 2005 , Craig Sherborne, Hoi Polloi (page 66)
    • He slaps me playfully on the knee just as Heels opens the flat's door letting in a farty smell of boiling vegetables from the rest of the building.
  • (chiefly, British, informal) Small and insignificant; petty.
  • * 2008 , Milly Johnson, The Birds and the Bees
    • If the bloody basic bill wasn't bad enough, he discovered all the ironing services she had charged to the room, and she had just wasted another fifteen quid on coffee and farty little chocolate truffles