genarian
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /d͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/
美 /d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60.
— Let all the genarians pass in review — The procession will last but a minute or two.
形容词 adj.
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Concerning rules or principles as opposed to acts.
— 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.
词形变化
词源
词源 1
Back-formation from sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, and so on.
词源 2
From genus + -arian.
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