Tom is an octogenarian.
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Octogenarian
/ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
Synonyms for "octogenarian" (94 found)
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fortyfour and twentyfourscorefourscore and tenfourteengaffergeezergolden-agergrampsgrandfathergrandsiregraybeardhalf a hundredllong dozenmethuselahnestorninetynonagenarianold chap
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old codgerold dogold dufferold geezerold gentold gentlemanold man
Noun(1 words)
old fashioned
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old paarold partyold timerold-timerolderoldsterpantaloonpatriarchpresbyterquindecennialquindecimquindecimaquindenescoresenior citizenseptuagenarianseventysexagenariansexagenarysexagesima
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sexagesimo-quartosixteensixteenmosixtysixty-foursixty-fourmoteensthe quiet-voiced eldersthirteenthirty-twothirty-twomothreescorethreescore and tentwelvetwelvemotwentytwenty-fivetwenty-fourtwenty-fourmotwo dozentwo weekstwoscorevenerable sirveteran
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6 entriesdated technologyfemale octogenarianmale octogenarianoctogenarian femaleoctogenarian maleoutdated protocol
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9 entriesoctogenarian careoctogenarian cohortoctogenarian healthoctogenarian lifespanoctogenarian participantsoctogenarian patientoctogenarian patientsoctogenarian populationoctogenarian status
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Apparently once you become an octogenarian you can say what you like and get away with it. I can't wait to turn eighty.
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Mama was by no means the only grandma present, for the octogenarians had turned out en masse from their huts and lean-tos and were paddling about, diving and splashing as unconcernedly as though they really belonged in the sea rather than on land.
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Finsbury Park station, one of the most important L.N.E.R. suburban junctions, is now an octogenarian.
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