Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being an octogenarian; the characteristics of an octogenarian.
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Examples
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I saw a woman dressed up as Sex Kitten Alan Greenspan, complete with wrinkly jowls and cute kitty whiskers and frankly, I've never been so turned on by an image of male octogenarianism in my life.
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I saw a woman dressed up as Sex Kitten Alan Greenspan, complete with wrinkly jowls and cute kitty whiskers and frankly, I've never been so turned on by an image of male octogenarianism in my life.
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One is apt to feel, after seeing old people, that it is rather a tragic thing when life outruns activity, and to hope that one may never have the misery of octogenarianism.
The Silent Isle Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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In an insular home across the sea, interested still in the world's affairs, is an old man vigorous in his octogenarianism, a power, though out of power, a figure to be a monument in personal history, a great man.
The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man Stanley Waterloo 1879
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I saw a woman dressed up as Sex Kitten Alan Greenspan, complete with wrinkly jowls and cute kitty whiskers and frankly, I've never been so turned on by an image of male octogenarianism in my life.
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