octogenarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce octogenarian in British English:
UK [ˌɒktədʒəˈneəriən]
How to pronounce octogenarian in American English:
US [ˌɑktədʒəˈneriən]
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- Noun:
- someone whose age is in the eighties
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- Adjective:
- being from 80 to 89 years old
Word Origin
- octogenarian (n.)
- 1789, with -an + French octogénaire "aged 80," from Latin octogenarius "containing eighty," from octogeni "eighty each," related to octoginta "eighty," from octo "eight" (see eight) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1784.
Example
- 1. Its signature old jazz band was still playing pre-war favourites , with some of the original octogenarian musicians .
- 2. Nobody gets to be an octogenarian without sometimes feeling heavy-limbed and in need of a prop ( usually in the form of a chair ) .
- 3. Arrive from hot-blooded youth octogenarian die old person , try to make the solutionto this .
- 4. But as the octogenarian exits the stage , the challenge is how to inspire a new generation of public servants to advance the singapore model rather than just materialism .
- 5. The government of girija prasad koirala , an octogenarian four-time prime minister , is charged above all with bringing a lasting end to a nasty decade-long civil war , for which elections are considered crucial .