Meanings
adjectiveeightpenny (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving a value or cost of eightpence.
In the eightpenny dormitories the beds are comfortable, but there are so many of them (as a rule at least forty to a room), and so close together, that it is impossible to get a quiet night.
1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXVII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
- Proto-Germanic*ahtōu
- Proto-West Germanic*ahtō
- Old Englisheahta
- Middle Englisheighte
- Englisheight
- Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
- Latinpatina
- Latinpanna?
- Latinpannus?
- Proto-Germanic*panningaz
- Proto-West Germanic*panning
- Old Englishpeniġ
- Middle Englishpeny
- Englishpenny
- Englisheightpenny
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APA
eightpenny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eightpenny
MLA
“eightpenny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eightpenny. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eightpenny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eightpenny.
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