Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
xcviii is an adjective meaning "being eight more than ninety". It carries one recorded sense.
being eight more than ninety
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for xcviii come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.