OCTOGENARIAN


Meaning of OCTOGENARIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo eight + -ginta (akin to vi ginti twenty) — more at vigesimal

Date: 1815

: a person whose age is in the eighties

• octogenarian adjective

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