单词	octogenarian
释义	octogenarianoc‧to‧ge‧nar‧i‧an /ˌɒktəʊdʒəˈneəriən, -tə- $ ˌɑːktoʊ-/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINoctogenarian Origin: 1800-1900 Latin octogenarius ‘containing eighty’, from octoginta ‘eighty’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Here was a man who saw modern life as a foreign country: this twinkling octogenarian came across asa time-traveller. Hiking trails combine history and nature, and are strenuous enough, or gentle enough, for both teen-agers and octogenarians. Rumors were rampant that the octogenarian was senile and in poor health. Some 40 assemblymen are now in their nineties; almost half are octogenarians. The octogenarians were well respected too. There were six other octogenarians also in attendance and between them they had notched up 170 years service with P&O companies. someone who is between 80 and 89 years old
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