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OCTOGENARIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octogenarian mean?
• OCTOGENARIAN (noun)
The noun OCTOGENARIAN has 1 sense:
1. someone whose age is in the eighties
Familiarity information: OCTOGENARIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• OCTOGENARIAN (adjective)
The adjective OCTOGENARIAN has 1 sense:
1. being from 80 to 89 years old
Familiarity information: OCTOGENARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone whose age is in the eighties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("octogenarian" is a kind of...):
golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being from 80 to 89 years old
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
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