eighty-one

[ ey-tee-wuhn ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 1.
2. a symbol for this number, as 81 or LXXXI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 81 in number.

Example Sentences

Which led him to Cary Grant, which led him to Michael Jackson, which led him back to the point that even Cary Grant wouldn’t have looked good in a bathing suit at age eighty-one.

From Salon

One day, he got back an eighty-one on a test right at the end of class.

From Literature

She was eighty-one, but none of us were ready for her to go.

From Literature

It became the most award-winning franchise in television history, with eighty-one Emmys.

From The New Yorker

At mile eighty-one of the New York State Thruway, the gray silhouettes of the Catskills come into view, perfectly framed and proportioned.

From The New Yorker