"genarian" meaning in English

See genarian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From genus + -arian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|genus|arian}} genus + -arian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} genarian (not comparable)
  1. (philosophy) Concerning rules or principles as opposed to acts. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-genarian-en-adj-ieF9TOiI Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: genarians [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, and so on. Head templates: {{en-noun}} genarian (plural genarians)
  1. An elderly person, especially one over the age of 60. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: geriatric, oldster, senior citizen, old person
    Sense id: en-genarian-en-noun-VOttwyuh Disambiguation of People: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -arian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arian: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1955, Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, Sundown; Later and Earlier Selected Poems, page 71:",
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          "ref": "2008, Elaine Bernstein Partnow, Judith Partnow Hyman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Your True Age, →ISBN, page 41:",
          "text": "At the other end of the spectrum, several genarians had physical fitness AQs down in the 30s!",
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          "ref": "2014, Carolyn Mathews, Squaring Circles, →ISBN:",
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