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nonagenarian - 4 dictionary results

non⋅a⋅ge⋅nar⋅i⋅an

[non-uh-juh-nair-ee-uhn, noh-nuh-]
–adjective
1. of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
–noun
2. a nonagenarian person.

Origin:
1795–1805; < L nōnāgēnāri(us) containing ninety, consisting of ninety (nōnāgēn(ī) ninety each + -ārius -ary ) + -an
non·a·ge·nar·i·an   (nŏn'ə-jə-nâr'ē-ən, nō'nə-)   
n.  A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100 years old.

[From Latin nōnāgēnārius, from nōnāgēnī, ninety each, from nōnāgintā, ninety : nōnus, ninth; see nona- + -gintā, ten times; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
non'a·ge·nar'i·an adj.

Nonagenarian

Non`a*ge*na"ri*an\, n. [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.] A person ninety years old.
Language Translation for : nonagenarian
Spanish: nonagenario,
German: der, *die Neunzigjährige,
Japanese: 90歳代の人

nonagenarian 
1804, coined in Eng. from L. nonagenarius "containing ninety" (in L.L. "someone ninety years old"), from nonagen "ninety each," from nonus "ninth" (see nones).
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