Question
According to the following dictionary entry, what part of speech is “octogenarian”?
oc•to•ge•nar•i•an
noun \ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən\
: a person who is between 80 and 89 years old
Origin of OCTOGENARIAN
Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo eight + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) — more at vigesimal
First Known Use: 1815
Rhymes with OCTOGENARIAN
abecedarian, Austro-Hungarian, authoritarian, communitarian, disciplinarian, documentarian, egalitarian, humanitarian, majoritarian
A subject
An adjective
A verb
A noun
oc•to•ge•nar•i•an
noun \ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən\
: a person who is between 80 and 89 years old
Origin of OCTOGENARIAN
Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo eight + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) — more at vigesimal
First Known Use: 1815
Rhymes with OCTOGENARIAN
abecedarian, Austro-Hungarian, authoritarian, communitarian, disciplinarian, documentarian, egalitarian, humanitarian, majoritarian
A subject
An adjective
A verb
A noun
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The word “octogenarian” is a noun.