genarian

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, and so on.

Noun

genarian (plural genarians)

An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60.
- 1955, Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, Sundown; Later and Earlier Selected Poems, page 71:
  Let all the genarians pass in review — The procession will last but a minute or two.
- 1994 September 19, Gerry Goldstein, “Maurice Browning thrives and grows, just like his garden”, in Providence Journal-Bulletin:
  His garden is an expansive project for an octogenarian, or any kind of genarian.
- 2008, Elaine Bernstein Partnow & ‎Judith Partnow Hyman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Your True Age, →ISBN, page 41:
  At the other end of the spectrum, several genarians had physical fitness AQs down in the 30s!
- 2014, Carolyn Mathews, Squaring Circles, →ISBN:
  The only reference I made to his age, was the dedication on his card: To my sexy genarian.

Etymology 2

genus +‎ -arian

Adjective

genarian (not comparable)

(philosophy) Concerning rules or principles as opposed to acts.
- 1979, Peter Schröder, Leonard Nelson Symposium, page 90:
  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.
- 1982, J. H. Wellbank, ‎Denis Snook, ‎& David T. Mason, John Rawls & His Critics: An Annotated Bibliography, page 187:
  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) .

Anagrams

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单词	genarian
释义	genarian English Etymology 1 Back-formation from sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, and so on. Noun genarian (plural genarians) An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60. 1955, Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, Sundown; Later and Earlier Selected Poems, page 71: Let all the genarians pass in review — The procession will last but a minute or two. 1994 September 19, Gerry Goldstein, “Maurice Browning thrives and grows, just like his garden”, in Providence Journal-Bulletin: His garden is an expansive project for an octogenarian, or any kind of genarian. 2008, Elaine Bernstein Partnow & ‎Judith Partnow Hyman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Your True Age, →ISBN, page 41: At the other end of the spectrum, several genarians had physical fitness AQs down in the 30s! 2014, Carolyn Mathews, Squaring Circles, →ISBN: The only reference I made to his age, was the dedication on his card: To my sexy genarian. Etymology 2 genus +‎ -arian Adjective genarian (not comparable) (philosophy) Concerning rules or principles as opposed to acts. 1979, Peter Schröder, Leonard Nelson Symposium, page 90: 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. 1982, J. H. Wellbank, ‎Denis Snook, ‎& David T. Mason, John Rawls & His Critics: An Annotated Bibliography, page 187: 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) . Anagrams anearing
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