Octonary

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of eighth rank or order. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Consisting of eight things not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A group of eight things
  2. 2
    the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).

Etymology 2

From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).

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