Eightysomething

noun, num, slang

noun, num, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person between 80 and 89 years old. colloquial

    "She was a sprightly eightysomething."

Numeral
  1. 1
    An indeterminate value between 80 (inclusive) and 90 (exclusive). colloquial

    "There in the doorway stood an eightysomething Las Vegas showgirl."

Synonyms

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octogenarianoctogenarianoctogenary

Example

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"There in the doorway stood an eightysomething Las Vegas showgirl."

Etymology

From eighty + -something.

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