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Centenarian   /sˌɛntənˈɛriən/   Listen
Centenarian

adjective
1.
Being at least 100 years old.





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"Centenarian" Quotes from Famous Books



... various metres, to be called "Roses of Midnight." One of the characteristics of the volume was that daylight was banished from its pages. In the sensual lamplight of yellow boudoirs, or the wild moonlight of centenarian forests, my fantastic loves lived out their lives, died with the dawn which was supposed to be an awakening to consciousness ...
— Confessions of a Young Man • George Moore
... empty. Tossed carelessly in the corner appeared some blankets topped by a few straggling black horsetails, like an unstranded riata. A trembling agitated the mass as Father Pedro approached. He bent over the heap and distinguished in its midst the glowing black eyes of Sanchicha, the Indian centenarian of the Mission San Carmel. Only her eyes lived. Helpless, boneless, and jelly-like, old age had overtaken her with ...
— Frontier Stories • Bret Harte


Words linked to "Centenarian" :   golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen, old


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