eighty

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
  2. adjective being ten more than seventy

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

80, LXXX, fourscore

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