English

Proper noun

Nineties

1. Alternative letter-case form of nineties, in the context of a specific decade (almost always) the 1890s or 1990s.

Derived terms

• Roaring Nineties

English

Alternative forms

• (decade): 90s, '90s, Nineties

Noun

nineties

1. plural of ninety
2. The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.
   • 1914, Amherst College, “Amherst graduates' quarterly”, in (Please provide the title of the work), volume 4, page 6:

     Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest.

   • 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.

3. The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
4. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 90 and 99.

Synonyms

• 90s, Nineties
• 1990s

Derived terms

• Gay Nineties
• Naughty Nineties

Translations

See also

• nonagenarian

Anagrams

• einstein, Einstein

French

Noun

nineties f pl ‎(plural only)

1. nineties (decade)