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adjective
1.
of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
noun
2.
a nonagenarian person.
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Example Sentences
- On rounds early the next morning, the two doctors stopped to see their nonagenarian.
- His nonagenarian grandfather was dying and the entire extended family had gathered around his bed.
- Nowadays, everybody from infant to nonagenarian has a cellphone with a built-in camera.
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Word Origin & History
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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