eighty-fourth

American  

[ey-tee-fawrth, -fohrth] / ˈeɪ tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ /

adjective

1. next after the eighty-third; being the ordinal number for 84.

2. being one of 84 equal parts.

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noun

1. an eighty-fourth part, especially of one (1/84).

2. the eighty-fourth member of a series.

Example Sentences

In his eighty-fourth year, Ringo handles the vocals with impressive skill, modulating his drawl for maximum effect.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

This past December, as what would have been my mother’s eighty-fourth birthday approached, I kept dreaming of death.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 11, 2020

This devastating and largely correct physical analysis was written in Wallace’s eighty-fourth year.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

I am now in my eighty-fourth year, and the last year has considerably enfeebled me; so that I hardly expect to remain another.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

In the month of September, 1875, Todd, then in his eighty-fourth year, went to the house door, beckoned to the farm-workers that dinner was ready, and immediately after passed quietly away.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney