| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| nonagenarian |
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| SYLLABICATION: | non·a·ge·nar·i·an |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n n  -j-nâr  -n, n n- |
| NOUN: | A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100 years old. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin nn gnrius, from nngn , ninety each, from nngint, ninety : nnus, ninth; see nona– + -gint, ten times; see dek in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | nona·ge·nari·an —ADJECTIVE
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