| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| octogenarian |
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| SYLLABICATION: | oc·to·ge·nar·i·an |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k t -j-nâr  -n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Being between 80 and 90 years of age. | | NOUN: | A person between 80 and 90 years of age. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From French octogénaire, from Latin oct gn rius, containing eighty, from octgn , eighty each, from octgint, eighty : oct, eight; see okt(u) in Appendix I + -gint, ten times; see dek in Appendix I.
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