coeval
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coeval
- /kəʊˈiːvəl/ UK
- /koʊˈi.vəl/ US
Where it comes from
From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).
adjective coæval · coëval
- Of the same age or era; contemporary. Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
noun coevals · coæval · coëval
- Something of the same era. The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
- Somebody of the same age. […] the fey grace, the elusive, shifty, soul-shattering, insidious charm that separates the nymphet from such coevals of hers […]
