octogenarian
noun
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən 
: a person whose age is in the eighties
The octogenarian uses a cane for walking.
octogenarian
adjective
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Both projects feature his paternal grandmother, octogenarian Chang Li Hua, who shares a house with his mother’s mother, 94-year-old Yi Yau Fuei (the title combines the two women’s Cantonese nicknames).
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
On Friday, an octogenarian undergoing cardiac arrest was reportedly declared dead after seven hospitals turned her away, citing a lack of medical staff or other reasons likely related to the walkouts.
—Hyung-Jin Kim and Jiwon Song, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
An octogenarian in excellent health is more likely to have a heart attack than a sedentary thirtysomething chain-smoker is.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
But the octogenarian said that, for many women of her generation and prior ones, education didn't necessarily evolve into a career.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
Maybe that is because in those early days of the republic no one could have predicted medical advances that would enable octogenarians to become presidents.
—Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
On the face of it, a 60-hour biopic about a British octogenarian — from a playwright specializing in historical dramas, no less — was not an obvious horse on which to bet.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
No one could have predicted that one of the biggest names in modern pop would join forces with an octogenarian, especially one with whom most youngsters in Gaga's radical-youth fanbase likely had only a peripheral familiarity.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 July 2023
Based on a true story published in The New York Times Magazine, The Mule centers around Earl Stone, an octogenarian struggling with the failures of both his business and relationships with his family.
—EW.com, 18 Jan. 2024
Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
On Friday, an octogenarian undergoing cardiac arrest was reportedly declared dead after seven hospitals turned her away, citing a lack of medical staff or other reasons likely related to the walkouts.
—Hyung-Jin Kim and Jiwon Song, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
An octogenarian in excellent health is more likely to have a heart attack than a sedentary thirtysomething chain-smoker is.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
But the octogenarian said that, for many women of her generation and prior ones, education didn't necessarily evolve into a career.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
Maybe that is because in those early days of the republic no one could have predicted medical advances that would enable octogenarians to become presidents.
—Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
On the face of it, a 60-hour biopic about a British octogenarian — from a playwright specializing in historical dramas, no less — was not an obvious horse on which to bet.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
No one could have predicted that one of the biggest names in modern pop would join forces with an octogenarian, especially one with whom most youngsters in Gaga's radical-youth fanbase likely had only a peripheral familiarity.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 July 2023
Based on a true story published in The New York Times Magazine, The Mule centers around Earl Stone, an octogenarian struggling with the failures of both his business and relationships with his family.
—EW.com, 18 Jan. 2024
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octogenarian
noun
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən
: a person whose age is between 80 and 89
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octogenarian
noun
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən
: a person whose age is in the eighties
octogenarian
adjective
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