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octogenary, a. (n.) Now rare.|ɒkˈtɒdʒɪnərɪ|
[ad. L. octogēnāri-us containing eighty, aged eighty, f. octogēnī eighty each: see -ary. Cf. F. octogénaire (1603 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
= prec. A.
a1696Aubrey Lives, de Laune (1898) I. 216 Being then octogenary, and very decrepit with the gowt. 1823Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 380 A hobby..whose easy amble is still sufficient to give exercise and amusement to an octogenary rider. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap 1259 After how long a slumber..Was it, he stretched octogenary joints?
b. n. = prec. B.
1828in Webster, citing J. Adams. |