[syn: eighty, 80, lxxx, fourscore]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eighty \Eight"y\, a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is
akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.]
Eight times ten; fourscore.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eighty \Eight"y\, n.
1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times
repeated, as 80 or lxxx.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eighty
adj 1: being ten more than seventy [syn: eighty, 80, lxxx,
fourscore]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
[syn: eighty, 80, LXXX, fourscore]