octonary

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octonary

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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.

adjective

not comparable Of eighth rank or order.
not comparable Consisting of eight things

noun octonaries

A group of eight things
Similar: octet, octal

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adj of eighth rank or order

Français	octonaire
Русский	восьмеричный vosʹmeričnyj

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@misc{octonary_2026,
  title = {octonary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/octonary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}