nineties

== English == === Alternative forms === 90s (decade): '90s, Nineties === Noun === nineties pl (plural only) plural of ninety The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 90 and 99. ==== Derived terms ==== nervous nineties ==== See also ==== nonagenarian === Noun === the nineties pl or sg The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc. 1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172, He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts. ==== Hyponyms ==== 1790s 1890s 1990s 2090s ==== Derived terms ==== Gay Nineties Naughty Nineties ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== References ==== Neha Karve (9 June 2021), “The ’90s Was or Were: Are Decades and Centuries Singular or Plural?”, in Editor’s Manual‎[1], archived from the original on 5 December 2021. === Adjective === nineties (not comparable) From or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s). === Anagrams === Einstein, einstein == French == === Noun === nineties f pl (plural only) nineties (decade)