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sesquicentenarian

/ˌsɛs.kwɪˌsɛn.təˈnɛɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sesqui-cen-te-nar-i-an
IPA
/ˌsɛs.kwɪˌsɛn.təˈnɛɹi.ən/
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something of 150 years of age, or between 150 and 159 (in its sixteenth decade of life or existence)

Etymology

From sesqui- + centenarian.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsɛs.kwɪˌsɛn.təˈnɛɹi.ən/
  • British English: /ˌsɛs.kwɪˌsɛn.təˈnɛəɹi.ən/

Inflected Forms

sesquicentenarians (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sesquicentennial sesquicentenary

Rhymes With

non-proletarian pseudo-riparian super-centenarian wiktionarian nontrinitarian tricenarian denarian singularitarian lactoovovegetarian formicarian malabarian antitotalitarian

Questions

How do you pronounce sesquicentenarian?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛs.kwɪˌsɛn.təˈnɛɹi.ən/.
What does sesquicentenarian mean?
Someone or something of 150 years of age, or between 150 and 159 (in its sixteenth decade of life or existence)
Where does sesquicentenarian come from?
From sesqui- + centenarian.

How to pronounce sesquicentenarian

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