Nonagenarian

Definitions: Nonagenarian

Nonagenarian

Adjective

1. Being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home".

Noun

1. Someone whose age is in the nineties.

Date "nonagenarian" was first used: 1804. (references)

Etymology: Nonagenarian \Non`a*ge*na"ri*an\, noun. [Latin expression nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, from nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.]. (Websters 1913)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Veteran	Noun: veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	A good long time : the autobiography of an [i.e. a] nonagenarian (reference) Alive and Well: The Emergence of the Active Nonagenarian: The Emergence of the Active Nonagenarian (reference) Die Stimme des Wortes/ The Voice of the Word: Betrachtungen eines Neunzigjahrigen/ Reflections of a Nonagenarian (reference) Reflections of a Nonagenarian (reference) Reminiscences of a Newburyport nonagenarian (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Nonagenarian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Nonagenarian" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	80%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	20%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

Language		Translations for "nonagenarian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nëntëdhjetëvjeçar. (various references)

Arabic		‏في العقد التاسع من عمره, ‏تسعوني. (various references)

Bulgarian		деветдесетгодишен човек. (various references)

Czech		devadesátník. (various references)

Finnish		yhdeksänkymmenvuotias. (various references)

French		nonagénaire. (various references)

German		neunzigjährig. (various references)

Hungarian		kilencvenéves ember, kilencvenéves. (various references)

Italian		nonagenario. (various references)

Manx		'sy jeih as kiare feed. (various references)

Pig Latin		onagenariannay

Portuguese		menoridade (infancy, minority, nonage, pupilage, wardship). (various references)

Romanian		nonagenar. (various references)

Russian		девяностолетний старик. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		maloletnik (juvenile, minor). (various references)

Spanish		nonagenario. (various references)

Swedish		nittioåring. (various references)

Turkish		doksanlık kimse, doksanlık, doksan yaşlarında. (various references)

Ukranian		більш як дев'яносторічний, дев'яносторічний дід, дев'яносторічний, дев'яносторіча баба. (various references)

Vietnamese		người thọ chín mươi tuổi, thọ chín mươi tuổi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	nonagenarius. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nonagenarian": nonagenarians. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "nonagenarian" (pronounced 'Non`a*ge*na"ri*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-i-n-n-n-n-o-r"
	-2 letters: nonearning.
	-4 letters: anearing.
	-5 letters: aeonian, aginner, anergia, angaria, earning, engrain, grannie, nearing, negroni.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-g-i-n-n-n-n-o-r"
	+1 letter: nonagenarians.
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