Nonagenarian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nonagenarian \Non`a*ge*na"ri*an\, n. [L. nonagenarius
     containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety
     each; akin to novem nine.]
     A person ninety years old.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonagenarian
       adj : being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants
             of the nursing home"
       n : someone whose age is in the nineties

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonagenarian":
     Father Time, L, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Sexagesima, boxcar,
     boxcars, centenarian, dotard, dozen, duodecimo, eighty, elder,
     eleven, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty,
     four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, gaffer,
     geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard,
     half a hundred, long dozen, ninety, octogenarian, old chap,
     old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent,
     old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster,
     pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, quindecennial, quindecim,
     quindecima, quindene, score, senior citizen, septuagenarian,
     seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, sexagesimo-quarto, sixteen,
     sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, teens,
     the quiet-voiced elders, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-twomo,
     threescore, threescore and ten, twelve, twelvemo, twenty,
     twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen, two weeks,
     twoscore, venerable sir, veteran