octogenarian
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noun \ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən\Definition of OCTOGENARIAN
: a person whose age is in the eighties
— octogenarian adjective
See Origin of OCTOGENARIAN
Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo eight + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) — more at vigesimal
First Known Use: 1815
Rhymes with OCTOGENARIAN
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
noun \ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of OCTOGENARIAN
: a person whose age is in the eighties
—octogenarian adjective
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