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Hyphenation of nonagenarian

How to hyphenate nonagenarian

Because it is a word with a single syllable, nonagenarian is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

nonagenarian
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Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: nonagenarian

Definitions of nonagenarian

nonagenarian is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    One who is between the age of 90 and 99, inclusive. One who is in his or her tenth decade.

Definition 1 as adjective

  • adjective
    Being between the ages of 90 and 99, inclusive. In one's tenth decade.
  • adjective
    Of or relating to a nonagenarian.

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