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eightyodd en · NUM

Etymology

From eighty + -odd.

Meanings

  1. Slightly more than eighty.
    • Inspired by the writings of Sir James Foggart, a Carlylean philosopher, he puts before Parliament a programme much like that presented by Carlyle himself eightyodd years since: emigration of children on a large scale, and cultivation of the land so that the country may produce more of its own food. 1926 September 14, Henry Greenleaf Pearson, “The Silver Spoon”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2025: