English Explanatory Dictionary

centagenarian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A centenarian.

Word forms

centagenarian centagenarians

Etymology

Incorrectly formed by analogy with words like octogenarian (from octōgintā (“eighty”)) and nonagenarian (from nōnāgintā (“ninety”)). However there is no "centaginta"; the correct Latin is centum (“one hundred”)).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary