Main Entry: eighty

Pronunciation: \ˈā-tē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural eight·ies

Etymology: Middle English eighty, adjective, from Old English eahtatig, short for hundeahtatig, noun, group of eighty, from hund-, literally, hundred + eahta eight + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English tīen ten

Date: before 12th century

1 — see number table
2 plural : the numbers 80 to 89; specifically : the years 80 to 89 in a lifetime or century

— eight·i·eth \ˈā-tē-əth\ adjective or noun

— eighty adjective

— eighty pronoun, plural in construction