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octogenarian(dictionary)

octogenarian (iou)



octogenarian noun & adjective. E19.
[from Latin octogenarius, from octogeni distrib. of octoginta eighty: see -ARIAN.]
A. noun. A person between 80 and 89 years of age. E19.
b. adjective. Between 80 and 89 years of age; of or pertaining to an octogenarian or octogenarians. E19.
oc'togenary adjective & noun (now rare) = OCTOGENARIAN L17.
octogenarianism noun the state or fact of being an octogenarian L19.