octogenarian
noun/ˌɒktədʒəˈneəriən/
/ˌɑːktədʒəˈneriən/
- a person between 80 and 89 years oldWord Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin octogenarius (based on octoginta ‘eighty’) + -an.
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