What part of speech is octogenarian?

Octogenarian can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. octogenarian is a noun, singular of octogenarians.
  • 2. octogenarian is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more octogenarian
    most octogenarian
  • Positive: octogenarian 
  • Comparative: more octogenarian
  • Superlative: most octogenarian

What does octogenarian mean?

Definitions

Adjective

octogenarian - being from 80 to 89 years old

Noun

octogenarian - someone whose age is in the eighties

Examples of octogenarian

#   Sentence  
1. noun Tom is an octogenarian.
2. noun Apparently once you become an octogenarian you can say what you like and get away with it. I can't wait to turn eighty.
Sentence  
noun
Tom is an octogenarian.
Apparently once you become an octogenarian you can say what you like and get away with it. I can't wait to turn eighty.

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