eighty-eighth

[ ey-tee-eytth, -eyth ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈeɪtθ, -ˈeɪθ /

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adjective

next after the eighty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 88.

being one of 88 equal parts.

noun

an eighty-eighth part, especially of one (1/88).

the eighty-eighth member of a series.

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How to use eighty-eighth in a sentence

Alexey Sergeitch died in his eighty-eighth year—in the year 1848, which apparently disturbed even him.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev
One man died on the eighty-eighth day, and MacSwiney died on the seventy-fourth.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
Now, though the city has encompassed it, there is still left the one green spot by the riverside beyond Eighty-eighth Street.
Literary New York|Charles Hemstreet
After a sharp walk of half an hour, we reached a small hut, where two sentries of the Eighty-eighth were posted at the door.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles Lever

The evening's entertainments concluded with "Mother Goose," for the eighty-eighth time, not the eighty-second.
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi|Joseph Grimaldi