Associations to the word «Eighty»

Wiktionary

EIGHTY YEARS' WAR, proper noun. (historical) The Dutch war of independence against Spanish rule, from 1568 to 1648.

Dictionary definition

EIGHTY, noun. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight.
EIGHTY, adjective. Being ten more than seventy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats