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nonagenarian

no·na·ge·narian

UK/ˌnɒnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/ US/ˌnɑnəd͡ʒɪˈnɛriən/ uncommon
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

someone whose age is in the nineties

adjective

1.

being from 90 to 99 years old

  • “the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home”
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Origin

From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing ninety”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French nonagénaire, from nōnāgēnī (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, ninety”).

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