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nonagenarian

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Adjective, Noun
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non=a=ge=nar=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

nonagenariann. [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.].
     A person ninety years old.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nonagenarian, n. & adj.
--n. a person from 90 to 99 years old.
--adj. of this age.

Etymology
L nonagenarius f. nonageni distributive of nonaginta ninety

THESAURUS

nonagenarian

Father Time, L, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, centenarian, dotard, dozen, duodecimo, eighty, elder, eleven, 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, long dozen, ninety, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima, quindene, score, senior citizen, septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

nonagenarian

Veteran

N veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard, grandfather, grandsire, grandam, gaffer, gammer, crone, pantaloon, sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, old stager, dotard, preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr, elders, forefathers, superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.


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