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单词 centenarian
释义 centenarian, a. and n.|sɛntɪˈnɛərɪən|
[f. L. centēnāri-us containing a hundred, of a hundred years old (f. centēnī a hundred each, f. centum a hundred) + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Of the age of a hundred years.
1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xii. (1875) 90 The shroud of its centenarian fabricator.1868J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 276 The almost centenarian Bishop of Chichester.1871Echo 15 Aug., Tales of centenarian longevity.
2. Of or belonging to a centenary celebration.
1864Realm 13 Apr. 7 One of Burns' centenarian bards.
B. n. A person a hundred years old.
1846in Worcester.1856Sat. Rev. II. 210/1 Two-thirds of these centenarians being women.1877Wallace Russia viii. 123 From the new born babe to the centenarian.
Hence centeˈnarianism, the condition or fact of being a centenarian.
1872Around Oxford 104 Several cases of centenarianism have been known at Woodstock.1881Pop. Science Monthly XX. 100 Facts concerning centenarianism are..abundant.
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