octogenariann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɒktədʒᵻˈnɛːrɪən/, U.S.

/ˈˌɑktədʒəˈnɛriən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octogēnārius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin octogēnārius octogenary adj. + -an suffix, after septuagenarian adj., nonagenarian n., etc. Compare earlier octogenary adj.

A. n.

A person aged between eighty and eighty-nine years (inclusive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun]

one-year-old?1609

cinquanter1611

sexagenariana1646

septuagene1657

quintagenarian1687

threescore1721

septuagenarian1744

centenarian1747

seven-year-old1762

septuagenary1792

centenary1800

nonagenarian1804

sexagenary1814

octogenarian1815

nine-year-old1828

octogenary1828

semi-centenarian1828

quinquagenarian1830

quadragenarian1839

seventeen-year-old1858

70-year-old1870

twenty-firster1912

1815 tr. V. J. E. de Jouy Paris Chit-chat II. 35 Pity at least is due to a feeble octogenarian.

1841 C. M. Sedgwick Lett. from Abroad I. 38 Three or four women, octogenarians.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 229 [They] astonish us..as the production of an octogenarian.

1914 Science 13 Nov. 690/2 The educated octogenarian remains in..intelligent touch with the outer world.

1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 192/1 His series on local octogenarians became so popular that mere septuagenarians would call him up, lie about their age, and ask to be included.

1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 212 Octogenarians with osteoporosis still call themselves ‘the girls’.

1992 Observer 17 May 22/8 His fellow-octogenarian Fred Zinnemann.

B. adj.

Aged between eighty and eighty-nine (inclusive); of or relating to an octogenarian or octogenarians.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age

seven?1440

yearing1451

year-old1556

yeared1583

seventy1590

two-year1596

quinquagenarian1603

septuagenary1605

twelvea1616

thirty1618

three-yearling1621

one-eared1645

quadragenarious1656

trimenstruous1656

septennian1662

sexagenarian1663

sexagenary1663

octogenarya1696

seven-year-old1713

quinquagenary1715

yearling1729

septuagesimal1781

septuagenarian1793

octogenarian1818

fortyish1821

seventeen-year-old1821

three-year-old1825

week-old1826

centenarian1828

day-old1831

70-year-old1832

quadragenarian1834

century-old1836

nonagenarian1877

teenaged1913

thirtyish1925

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xii. 9 Blind old Dandolo! Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 79 His papers were recovered..and the octogenarian author began the work of translation from the Mexican.

1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey iv. 280 The closing scene of Lord Palmerston's octogenarian career.

1895 H. A. Dobson Coll. Poems I. 272 It is but just to the octogenarian Marquis..to say that he is guiltless of the song here ascribed to him.

1976 Gramophone July 176/3 I hope it will lead to the appearance of another masterpiece of Martin's octogenarian flowering, his gravely lyrical and moving Requiem.

1990 N.Y. Woman Dec. 52/4 The objects of Paley's octogenarian libido, however, always had to be on guard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octogenarian
释义	octogenariann.adj. Brit. /ˌɒktədʒᵻˈnɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌɑktədʒəˈnɛriən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octogēnārius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin octogēnārius octogenary adj. + -an suffix, after septuagenarian adj., nonagenarian n., etc. Compare earlier octogenary adj. A. n. A person aged between eighty and eighty-nine years (inclusive). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun] one-year-old?1609 cinquanter1611 sexagenariana1646 septuagene1657 quintagenarian1687 threescore1721 septuagenarian1744 centenarian1747 seven-year-old1762 septuagenary1792 centenary1800 nonagenarian1804 sexagenary1814 octogenarian1815 nine-year-old1828 octogenary1828 semi-centenarian1828 quinquagenarian1830 quadragenarian1839 seventeen-year-old1858 70-year-old1870 twenty-firster1912 1815 tr. V. J. E. de Jouy Paris Chit-chat II. 35 Pity at least is due to a feeble octogenarian. 1841 C. M. Sedgwick Lett. from Abroad I. 38 Three or four women, octogenarians. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 229 [They] astonish us..as the production of an octogenarian. 1914 Science 13 Nov. 690/2 The educated octogenarian remains in..intelligent touch with the outer world. 1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 192/1 His series on local octogenarians became so popular that mere septuagenarians would call him up, lie about their age, and ask to be included. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 212 Octogenarians with osteoporosis still call themselves ‘the girls’. 1992 Observer 17 May 22/8 His fellow-octogenarian Fred Zinnemann. B. adj. Aged between eighty and eighty-nine (inclusive); of or relating to an octogenarian or octogenarians. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age seven?1440 yearing1451 year-old1556 yeared1583 seventy1590 two-year1596 quinquagenarian1603 septuagenary1605 twelvea1616 thirty1618 three-yearling1621 one-eared1645 quadragenarious1656 trimenstruous1656 septennian1662 sexagenarian1663 sexagenary1663 octogenarya1696 seven-year-old1713 quinquagenary1715 yearling1729 septuagesimal1781 septuagenarian1793 octogenarian1818 fortyish1821 seventeen-year-old1821 three-year-old1825 week-old1826 centenarian1828 day-old1831 70-year-old1832 quadragenarian1834 century-old1836 nonagenarian1877 teenaged1913 thirtyish1925 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xii. 9 Blind old Dandolo! Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 79 His papers were recovered..and the octogenarian author began the work of translation from the Mexican. 1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey iv. 280 The closing scene of Lord Palmerston's octogenarian career. 1895 H. A. Dobson Coll. Poems I. 272 It is but just to the octogenarian Marquis..to say that he is guiltless of the song here ascribed to him. 1976 Gramophone July 176/3 I hope it will lead to the appearance of another masterpiece of Martin's octogenarian flowering, his gravely lyrical and moving Requiem. 1990 N.Y. Woman Dec. 52/4 The objects of Paley's octogenarian libido, however, always had to be on guard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1815
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