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centagenarian

centagenarian noun: a centenarian.

Noun

centagenarian (plural centagenarians)

  1. (nonstandard) A centenarian.

Forms of centagenarian

pluralcentagenarians

Origin of centagenarian

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”)).

Questions about centagenarian

What does centagenarian mean?
Centagenarian means a centenarian.
What part of speech is centagenarian?
Centagenarian is a noun.
What is the plural of centagenarian?
The plural of centagenarian is centagenarians.

Words near centagenarian in the dictionary

  1. cent percent
  2. cent-
  3. cent.
  4. Cent. Afr. Rep.
  5. centage
  6. centagenarian
  7. centagenarians
  8. centages
  9. cental
  10. centals
  11. centanafadine

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