Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eightysomething

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eightysome-thing
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

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

Colloquial

noun

A person between 80 and 89 years old.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"There in the doorway stood an eightysomething Las Vegas showgirl."
"She was a sprightly eightysomething."
"Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find eightysomethings with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable."
"Aunt Zena and Uncle Bill Druss are the coolest eightysomethings I know of, and I will gladly eat the early bird special or visit Sawgrass Mills with them anytime."

Etymology

From eighty + -something.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: eighty

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

eighty-something (alternative) eightysomethings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

twentysomething thirtysomething fortysomething fiftysomething sixtysomething seventysomething ninetysomething hundredsomething

Synonyms

octogenarian octogenary

Questions

What does eightysomething mean?: An indeterminate value between 80 (inclusive) and 90 (exclusive).
Where does eightysomething come from?: From eighty + -something.

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