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octogenarian
[ ok-tuh-juh-nair-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- of the age of 80 years.
- between 80 and 90 years old.
noun
- a person who is between 80 and 90 years old.
octogenarian
/ ˌɒktəʊdʒɪˈnɛərɪən; ɒkˈtɒdʒɪnərɪ /
noun
- a person who is from 80 to 89 years old
adjective
- of or relating to an octogenarian
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- octo·ge·nari·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of octogenarian1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of octogenarian1
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Example Sentences
In The Lay of the Land, Frank met with a failing octogenarian friend and visited a funeral home—and regretted both.
The octogenarian Congressman is facing a tough primary against younger opponents.
Today, the octogenarian still rules his self-proclaimed micro-nation alongside his wife, Rina.
Edwin Edwards is an octogenarian ex-con and reality television star who brags that Viagra is made from his blood.
If an octogenarian novelist can surprise in January, it could be a happy new year for fiction.
His visitor flushed at this, so strange was it to receive a lesson in energy from a dying octogenarian.
Whereupon an octogenarian official approached the door of the box with his shiny, peaked, blue cloth cap in his hand.
Having made some such reference to it, the sexton Baker, an inquisitive octogenarian, wanted to know what the Holy Grail was.
The late seventies shrink from night air, even when one means to be a healthy octogenarian.
The total figures out to about 375,000 specific names, all of which were critically considered by the octogenarian editor!
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