nonagenarian

no·na·ge·nar·i·an

noun \ˌnō-nə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən, ˌnä-\

Definition of NONAGENARIAN

: a person whose age is in the nineties

— nonagenarian adjective

Origin of NONAGENARIAN

Latin nonagenarius containing ninety, from nonageni ninety each, from nonaginta ninety, from nona- (akin to novem nine) + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) — more at nine, vigesimal

First Known Use: 1804

Rhymes with NONAGENARIAN

abecedarian, Austro-Hungarian, authoritarian, communitarian, disciplinarian, documentarian, egalitarian, humanitarian, majoritarian, octogenarian, parliamentarian, postmillenarian, premillenarian, predestinarian, sexagenarian, totalitarian, utilitarian, veterinarian