different between centenarian vs septuagenarian

English

Etymology

Coined around 1800 as centenary +? -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.t??n???.i.?n/

Adjective

centenarian (comparative more centenarian, superlative most centenarian)

1. Being at least 100 years old. Beyond one's tenth decade.
2. Of or relating to a centenarian.

Translations

Noun

centenarian (plural centenarians)

1. One who is at least 100 years old. One who is past their tenth decade.

Translations

Derived terms

• supercentenarian

Coordinate terms

• vicenarian
• tricenarian
• quadragenarian
• quinquagenarian
• sexagenarian
• septuagenarian
• octogenarian
• nonagenarian

English

Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius ("of the number seventy"), from Latin septu?ginta ("seventy") +? -an

Adjective

septuagenarian (not comparable)

1. Being between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive. In one's eighth decade.
2. Of or relating to a septuagenarian.

Translations

Noun

septuagenarian (plural septuagenarians)

1. One who is between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive.
   • 2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic

     For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]

Coordinate terms

• vicenarian
• tricenarian
• quadragenarian
• quinquagenarian
• sexagenarian
• octogenarian
• nonagenarian
• centenarian

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