centenarian
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English
Etymology
From Latin centēnārius, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/
Noun
centenarian (plural centenarians)
- One who or that which is at least 100 years old.
- 1894 October 19, “Sex and Long Life”, in Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics, volume LXVI, number 1,726, London:
- The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.
- 2003, Kit Anderson, Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees: Live Oaks and Ceibas in the Landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 136:
- He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.
Synonyms
- hundred-year-old; supercentenarian (inexact); centenary (obsolete, rare)
Coordinate terms
- teen, teenager (13–19)
- vicenarian (20–29)
- twentysomething (20–29)
- tricenarian (30–39)
- thirtysomething (30–39)
- quadragenarian (40–49)
- fortysomething (40–49)
- quinquagenarian (50–59)
- semicentenarian (50–59)
- fiftysomething (50–59)
- sexagenarian (60–69)
- sixtysomething (60–69)
- septuagenarian (70–79)
- seventysomething (70–79)
- octogenarian (80–89)
- eightysomething (80–89)
- nonagenarian (90–99)
- ninetysomething (90–99)
- semisupercentenarian (105–109)
- supercentenarian (110+)
Derived terms
- centenarianism
- semicentenarian (50)
- ultracentenarian (100+)
- semisupercentenarian (105–109)
- supercentenarian (110+)
- supracentenarian (110+)
- sesquicentenarian (150–159)
- bicentenarian (200–299)
- multicentenarian (200+)
- tricentenarian (300–399)
- quadricentenarian (400–499)
- quincentenarian (500–599)
Translations
a 100-year-old person
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Adjective
centenarian (comparative more centenarian, superlative most centenarian)
- Aged 100 years or more; extremely old.
- Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.
Synonyms
- (aged 100 years): hundred-year-old, centenary
Translations
100 years old or more
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of or relating to centenarians
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References
- “centenarian, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
