eighties

Variant of eighty

eighty definition

eighty (āt′ē)

adjective

eight times ten

Etymology: ME eighteti < OE (hund)eahtatig: see eight & -ty

noun pl. eighties eight′·ies

the cardinal number between seventy-nine and eighty-one; 80; LXXX
eighty Idioms

the eighties

the numbers or years, as of a century, from eighty through eighty-nine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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