genarian
/d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60.
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
- British English: /d͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/