| Coeval |  |
| adjective | 1. Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary. |
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| noun | 1. A person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary. |
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 | | "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." |
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 | | Latin, early 17th century |
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 | | "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. ... |  |
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