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octonary

octonary adjective: of eighth rank or order.

Adjective

octonary (not comparable)

  1. Of eighth rank or order.
  2. Consisting of eight things

Noun

octonary (plural octonaries)

  1. A group of eight things
    Synonyms:
    octet, octal

Synonyms of octonary

Forms of octonary

pluraloctonaries

Origin of octonary

From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Doublet of octonarius.

Questions about octonary

What does octonary mean?
Octonary means of eighth rank or order.
What part of speech is octonary?
Octonary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near octonary in the dictionary

  1. octonaphthenes
  2. octonarian
  3. octonaries
  4. octonarii
  5. octonarius
  6. octonary
  7. octonian
  8. octonion
  9. octonionic
  10. octonionically
  11. octonionics

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