Definition of "thirty-ninth" [thirty-ninth]

• The ordinal form of the number thirty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 39 of a sequence. (noun)
• One of thirty-nine equal parts of a whole. (noun)

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• "It took him so long to eat the thirty-ninth shark, for inside the thirty-ninth shark were already the nineteen other sharks he had eaten, and inside the fortieth shark were already the nineteen other sharks he had eaten, and he did not have the appetite he had started with."
• "A thirty-ninth folder contained a summary of the evidence and an outline of the plans to prosecute them for espionage and export violations."
• "It is not fair that any human being can look so consistently perfect at every single hour of the day in their thirty-ninth year, she thought, taking in the imposing length of his flawless body."