Posted by Filiberto A. Hernandez on January 15, 19100 at 06:56:51:
In Reply to: ninety year old person posted by Tish on December 23, 1999 at 06:56:01:
: if an eighty year old person is an otagenarian, what is a ninety year old person called?
An eighty year old person is an octagenarian.
A ninety year old would be called a nonagenarian
and a one hundred year old, of course, a centenarian.
From the Greek roots septa(7), octa(8), nona(9) and
deca(10). Hope this helps.
FILI
