1syllable
nineties
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Definitions ofnineties
1noun
- Plural of ninety
- The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.
- The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
- (temperature, rates) The range between 90 and 99.
1adjective
- From or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s).
Example: "I found myself attracted to his mullet even though it struck me as needlessly nineties."
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