Octogenarian
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- n. 80～89岁的人
- ［英］ 80～89岁的人 ( a person of or in his or her eighties)
- ［记］ octo ( 八) +gen ( 产生, 活) +arian -> 80～89岁的人
- ［同］ 同根词: octopus ( 章鱼) ;octennial ( 八年的)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo eight + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) — more at vigesimal
- Date: 1815
- a person whose age is in the eighties
- ? octogenarian adjective
