octogenarian
English
Etymology
From French octogénaire (from Latin octōgēnārius (“containing eighty”), from octōgintā (“eighty”)) + -ian.
Noun
octogenarian (plural octogenarians)
- One who is between the age of eighty and eighty-nine, inclusive.
- 1951, IBM Corp., Proceedings, Computation Seminar (page 13)
- To replace logarithmic tables with natural tables required some time. This seems like a modern age, yet I am not an octogenarian and I can remember the dying gasp of the logarithmic table as the standard method of computation. I have seen the desk calculator become a necessary instrument for every scientist who is doing quantitative work.
- 1951, IBM Corp., Proceedings, Computation Seminar (page 13)
Translations
One who is between the age of 80 and 89, inclusive
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Adjective
octogenarian (not comparable)
- Being between the age of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- Of or relating to an octogenarian.
Coordinate terms
Translations
being between 80 and 89, inclusive
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