bicentenary, centennium, centref, cwt, gramps, hundred, old codger, old man, patriarch, sexagenarian
Definitionadj. being at least 100 years old
Last update: December 21, 2020
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My grandfather is a centenarian. [noun]
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On another occasion, the centenarian was telling stories. [verb]
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His prayer was that he might live to be a centenarian. [adjective]
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Under the dense shade of the centenarian trees was a rough-hewn bench that they themselves had made years before; there Gorgo seated herself, but her companion remained standing. [adverb]
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Yet behind these unconvincing shadows of an imperial court with its financial difficulties, of the classical Walpurgisnacht, of the fantastic creation of the Homunculus, the noble Helena episode and the impressive mystery-scene of the close, where the centenarian Faust finally triumphs over the powers of evil, there lies a philosophy of life, a ripe wisdom born of experience, such as no European poet had given to the world since the Renaissance. [Please select]
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The Emperor Augustus one day inquired of a centenarian how he had kept his vigor of mind and body so long; to which the veteran replied that it was by "oil without and honey within." [adverb]
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