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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2
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X
X, the twenty fourth letter of the English Alphabet, is borrowed from the Greek. In the middle and at the end of words, it has the sound of ks, as in wax, lax, luxury. At the beginning of a word, it has precisely the sound of z. It is used as an initial, in a few words borrowed from the Greek.
As a numeral, X stands for ten. It represents one V, which stands for five, placed on the top of another. When laid horizontally it stands for a thousand, and with a dash over it, it stands for ten thousand. As an abbreviation, X. Stands for Christ, and in Xn. Christian; Xm. Christmas.
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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "X," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed November 27, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=K22SZ2DRTMJYLZS.
MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "X." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 27 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=K22SZ2DRTMJYLZS.
Harvard: Webster, N, 'X' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 27 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=K22SZ2DRTMJYLZS.
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