Definition of Eighty-five

1. Adjective. Being five more than eighty.

Exact synonyms: 85, Lxxxv
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Eighty-five

1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-four and preceding eighty-six. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eighty-five

eightplex
eightplexes
eights
eightscore
eightsies
eightsome
eightsomes
eightvo
eightvos
eighty
eighty-eight
eighty-eighth
eighty-fifth
eighty-first
eighty-firsts
eighty-five (current term)
eighty-four
eighty-fourth
eighty-nine
eighty-ninth
eighty-one
eighty-oneth
eighty-second
eighty-seven
eighty-seventh
eighty-six
eighty-sixed
eighty-sixes
eighty-sixing
eighty-sixth

Literary usage of Eighty-five

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"1803, the case of a man, aged eighty-five years, who presented the usual symptoms of volvulus. There had been complete obstruction for a week. ..."

2. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"From ' eighty-five Years of Irish History.' O'Connell, on the evening of his incarceration, had exclaimed : '' Thank God, I am in jail for Ireland! ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1888)
"... 1741, pp.552, illustrated by eighty-five plates ; and he prepared at least two hundred and fifty coloured drawings of fungi, which, however, ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"445 (27: 206). nue and along the line of said lot three (3), about eighty-five (85) feet, to intersect a lino drawn due north from the point of beginning, ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Both columns converged in this place, where they arrived last night The rebels destroyed twenty-eight thousand bales of cotton at Selma, and eighty-five ..."

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