octogenarian
a person who is in their 80s
TRANSLATION
octogenarian = eine Person in ihren Achtzigern --- GOOGLE INDEX octogenarian: approximately 500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Rupert Murdoch, the OCTOGENARIAN chairman of News Corp and its sister company 21st Century Fox, gave a rare, in-depth and unusually candid interview to Fortune magazine.
(The Hollywood Reporter)
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OCTOGENARIAN sweethearts to marry in Somerset
(BBC News)
(The Hollywood Reporter)
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OCTOGENARIAN sweethearts to marry in Somerset
(BBC News)
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octogenarian
noun, adjective
- a person who is between 80 and 89 years old
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Octogenarian stems from the French octogénaire (aged 80) and further from the Latin octogenarius (containing 80), which is formed from octo = eight + genaria = ten times. It was first used as an adjective in the late 18th century.
Although some of these terms are seldom used, below is a list of other age groups by decades:
- denarian = someone between 10 and 19
- vicenarian = a person in their twenties
- tricenarian = a person in their thirties
- quadragenarian = a person in their forties
- quinquagenarian = a person in their fifties
- sexagenarian = a person in their sixties
- septuagenarian = a person in their seventies
- nonagenarian = a person in their nineties
- centenarian = someone 100 or older
- supercentenarian = someone 110 years old or more (no upper limit)
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SYNONYMS
an 80-something
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"My octogenarian father jogs a couple of miles a day to stay in shape."
noun, adjective
- a person who is between 80 and 89 years old
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Octogenarian stems from the French octogénaire (aged 80) and further from the Latin octogenarius (containing 80), which is formed from octo = eight + genaria = ten times. It was first used as an adjective in the late 18th century.
Although some of these terms are seldom used, below is a list of other age groups by decades:
- denarian = someone between 10 and 19
- vicenarian = a person in their twenties
- tricenarian = a person in their thirties
- quadragenarian = a person in their forties
- quinquagenarian = a person in their fifties
- sexagenarian = a person in their sixties
- septuagenarian = a person in their seventies
- nonagenarian = a person in their nineties
- centenarian = someone 100 or older
- supercentenarian = someone 110 years old or more (no upper limit)
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SYNONYMS
an 80-something
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"My octogenarian father jogs a couple of miles a day to stay in shape."
