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geriatric (oh) and abrogate(1) (iou)


geriatric (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Language: Greek; Origin: geras 'old age' + English -iatric]
[only before noun] relating to the medical care and treatment of old people
::a specialist in geriatric medicine
informal too old to work well
::a geriatric rock star

abrogate(1) (iou)



abrogate adjective (orig. pa. pple). arch. LME.
[Latin abrogatus pa. pple, formed as ABROGATE verb: see -ATE2.]
Repealed; abolished by authority.
? In earlier use than the verb (see ABROGATE verb), whence also (M16) a new pple abrogated, now more generally used.