n. (in full eightsome reel) lively Scottish dance for eight people. eighty ern/ adj. & n. (pl. ies) 1 eight times ten. 2 symbol for this (80, lxxx, LXXX). 3 (in pl.) numbers from 80 to 89, esp. the years of a century or of a person’s life. Li eightieth adj. & n. [Old English]
