octogenarian

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  1. adjective Being between 80 and 90 years of age.
  2. noun A person between 80 and 90 years of age.

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  • His lawyer applied for and won a temporary stay of deportation last week, arguing that the octogenarian was in poor health, and jailing and trying him in Germany would cause him pain amounting to torture. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Demjanjuk's lawyer has argued that the octogenarian is in poor health, and that jailing and trying him in Germany would cause him pain amounting to torture. —  Raw Story
  • His lawyer applied for and won a temporary stay of expulsion last week, arguing that the octogenarian was in poor health, and jailing and trying him in Germany would cause him pain amounting to torture.
  • Her voice was musical; her figure tall, trim, projecting such elegance that there was no doubt this octogenarian was a former actress or dancer.
  • And in truth, the octogenarian isn't nearly as fan-friendly as youngsters like Miller Park. —  Express Milwaukee
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  1. From French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnārius, containing eighty, from octōgēnī, eighty each, from octōgintā, eighty : octō, eight; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots + -gintā, ten times; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from octogenary + -an.
 

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/ɑktədʒɛˈneɪriən/
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