eightieth

eightieth
/ay"tee ith/, adj.
1. next after the seventy-ninth; being the ordinal number for 80.
2. being one of 80 equal parts.
n.
3. an eightieth part, esp. of one (1/80).
4. the eightieth member of a series.
[1350-1400; ME eightetithe, OE (hund)eahtatigotha eightieth. See EIGHTY, -TH2]

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