Definition of DENARY

denary

Meanings

Plural: denaries

Adjective Satellite

  • containing ten or ten parts
  • numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten

Noun

  • An ancient coin, the denarius.

Adj

  • Containing ten parts.
  • Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3)

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2 below. Doublet of dinar, denar, and denier.

Synonyms

decimal, ten-fold, tenfold

Scrabble Score: 10

denary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 10

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