The closest I can get is "Tenitary"
How should I explain this... the most important thing is the primary, the second most important is secondary, the word I am looking for means least important. My spell check is usually pretty reliable, but I'm not getting said word. Thus I turn to you, real human beings!
2006-09-05 19:14:45 · 7 answers · asked by alpha32blue 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I'm sure the word you're looking for is "tertiary", but you definition is a bit off.
"Tertiary" acually simply means "third" NOT "least". If you are breaking everything into three groups the one of "tertiary" importance will be the least. But the series can be continued well beyond this -- quaternary,quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary...
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/primary?view=print
(You will rarely see anything beyond quaternary, and that is certainly a less common word that the first three. This is why tertiary often carries the connotation --but NOT the denotation-- of 'least'.)
2006-09-06 00:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah, if all else fails,
here we are for you
my friend.
Could it be Tertiary?
2006-09-05 23:08:25 · answer #2 · answered by vim 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
T E R T I A R Y ! is there anything else?
2006-09-05 19:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
tertiary
2006-09-05 19:16:10 · answer #4 · answered by Rvn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tertiary
2006-09-06 08:47:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
tertiary
2006-09-05 19:22:30 · answer #6 · answered by shishu45 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ternary ,tenantry
2006-09-05 19:23:08 · answer #7 · answered by «~Mouse«~~ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋