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单词 octogenarianism
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octogenarianismn.

Brit. /ˌɒktədʒᵻˈnɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌɑktədʒəˈnɛriəˌnɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: octogenarian n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < octogenarian n. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier septuagenarianism n. at septuagenarian adj. and n. Derivatives, sexagenarianism n. at sexagenarian n. and adj. Derivatives.
The state or fact of being an octogenarian.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age
yearOE
scorea1400
seventeena1568
threescorea1616
jubileea1640
military age1656
legal age1658
tecnogoniaa1676
sixty1717
forty1732
fifty1738
seven-year-old1762
teen1789
septuagenarianism1824
sexagenarianism1824
day-old1831
seventeen-year-old1858
centenarianism1863
roaring forties1867
twenties1874
leaving age1875
school-leaving age1881
octogenarianism1883
reading age1906
three1909
teenage1912
eleven-plus1937
1883 Congregationalist Nov. 902 My brother John and I have lived in the greatest amity for a period approaching octogenarianism.
1895 Forum (N.Y.) May 272 The ripening quiet of octogenarianism.
1960 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 7 Jan. in Yours, Plum (1990) 245 I had known that anyone born in 1881 has to be eighty in 1961, but having my octogenarianism hurled at me like that shook me a bit.
1979 Yale Apr. cn6/3 Harold Ellis made the 80th notch pole vaulting into octogenarianism last summer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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