genarian

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/d͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/
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/d͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/ · /d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹi.ən/

Definition of genarian

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60.
    “Let all the genarians pass in review — The procession will last but a minute or two.”
    “His garden is an expansive project for an octogenarian, or any kind of genarian.”
    “At the other end of the spectrum, several genarians had physical fitness AQs down in the 30s!”
    “The only reference I made to his age, was the dedication on his card: To my sexy genarian.”
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noun

  1. An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60.
    “Let all the genarians pass in review — The procession will last but a minute or two.”
    “His garden is an expansive project for an octogenarian, or any kind of genarian.”
    “At the other end of the spectrum, several genarians had physical fitness AQs down in the 30s!”
    “The only reference I made to his age, was the dedication on his card: To my sexy genarian.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Concerning rules or principles as opposed to acts.
    “This distinguishes his position from that of rule-utilitarians like Brandt, with whom Hare otherwise largely agrees, and makes Hare an actarian in my sense rather than a genarian.”
    “Rawls' s theory is genarian (the Method is used to derive rules, principles, which in turn are applied to acts) rather than actarian (the Method applied directly to acts).”

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Etymology

Back-formation from sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, and so on.

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