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octogenarian


oc·to·ge·nar·i·an

noun \ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən\

Definition of OCTOGENARIAN

: a person whose age is in the eighties
— octogenarian adjective
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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

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

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