centenarian
/ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.
Example Sentences
- "The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days."
- "With an estimated worldwide population of some 40,000 centenarians, only 22 percent are male."
- "He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932."
- "Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper."
Etymology
From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/
- British English: /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/