nonagenarian
a person who is between 90 and 99 years old
TRANSLATION
nonagenarian = Neunziger
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
For Carl Reiner and His Fellow NONAGENARIANS, Death Can Wait. The title of his most recent book is "Too Busy to Die," and this 95-year-old comedy legend can thank his vivid dreams for inspiring many of the ideas that keep him going.
The New York Times
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The one, the only,… Iris Apfel turns 92 today. We happen to think the world’s most style NONAGENARIAN said it best herself when she proclaimed "I’m a geriatric starlet!".
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The New York Times
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The one, the only,… Iris Apfel turns 92 today. We happen to think the world’s most style NONAGENARIAN said it best herself when she proclaimed "I’m a geriatric starlet!".
eye-bobs
Did you
know?
nonagenarian
noun
- a person who is between 90 and 99 years old
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From Latin nōnāgēnārius ("of the number ninety")
Find your own age on this scale and also impress your friends with some latin in English:
- vicenarian 20-29
- tricenarian 30-39
- quadragenarian 40-49
- quinquagenarian 50-59
- sexagenarian 60-69
- septuagenarian 70-79
- octogenarian 80-89
- nonagenarian 90-99
- centenarian 100 or older
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SYNONYMS for "aged"
elderly, old, mature, older, senior, ancient, venerable; advanced in years, getting on; in one's dotage, long in the tooth, as old as the hills; grey, grey-haired, grey-bearded, grizzled, hoary; past one's prime, not as young as one was, not as young as one used to be; decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world, senile, superannuated, senescent; septuagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian;
informal
past it, over the hill, no spring chicken
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Smuggle OWAD into a conversation today
say something like:
"Hey, guess what? My grandma has become a nonagenarian today."
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Thanks for Karola for suggesting today's OWAD.
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Wishing you a great weekend!
Paul
noun
- a person who is between 90 and 99 years old
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From Latin nōnāgēnārius ("of the number ninety")
Find your own age on this scale and also impress your friends with some latin in English:
- vicenarian 20-29
- tricenarian 30-39
- quadragenarian 40-49
- quinquagenarian 50-59
- sexagenarian 60-69
- septuagenarian 70-79
- octogenarian 80-89
- nonagenarian 90-99
- centenarian 100 or older
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SYNONYMS for "aged"
elderly, old, mature, older, senior, ancient, venerable; advanced in years, getting on; in one's dotage, long in the tooth, as old as the hills; grey, grey-haired, grey-bearded, grizzled, hoary; past one's prime, not as young as one was, not as young as one used to be; decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world, senile, superannuated, senescent; septuagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian;
informal
past it, over the hill, no spring chicken
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Smuggle OWAD into a conversation today
say something like:
"Hey, guess what? My grandma has become a nonagenarian today."
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Thanks for Karola for suggesting today's OWAD.
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Wishing you a great weekend!
Paul
