Word of the Day: Coeval

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Coeval adjective 1. Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary. noun 1. A person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary. "The substitute teacher found it hard to believe that levelheaded Margaret was a coeval to the rest of the rambunctious class." "I'm showing my age; only my coevals will understand that pop culture reference." "The geologist displayed rock specimens that were coeval to the suspected meteor activity." Ads help keep Word Daily free. Latin, early 17th century "Coeval" developed from the Latin word "coaevus," a combination of the words "co" ("jointly") and "aevum" ("age"). People who belong to the same generation are coevals, or roughly the same age. ... Thank you for supporting our advertisers. Do you remember these words?

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