Meaning of NONAGENARIAN
| Pronunciation: | | `nânuju'nehreeun
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- [n] someone whose age is in the nineties
- [adj] being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"
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| | See Also: | | old person, oldster, senior citizen | |
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| | Definition: | | \Non`a*ge*na"ri*an\, n. [L. nonagenarius
containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety
each; akin to novem nine.]
A person ninety years old.
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| | Related Terms: | | boxcar, boxcars, centenarian, dotard, dozen, duodecimo, eighty, elder, eleven, Father Time, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, half a hundred, L, long dozen, Methuselah, Nestor, ninety, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, Old Paar, old party, older, oldster, old-timer, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima, quindene, score, senior citizen, septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, Sexagesima, sexagesimo-quarto, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, teens, the quiet-voiced elders, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, twelve, twelvemo, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, venerable sir, veteran |
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