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   coeval

   /ˌkəʊˈiːvl/

   adjective

   • 1. having the same age or date of origin; contemporary: "these lavas were coeval with the volcanic activity"

   noun

   • 1. a person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary: "like so many of his coevals, he yearned for stability"

   Word Origin early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin coaevus, from co- ‘jointly’ + Latin aevum ‘age’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. coevality noun
   • 2. coevally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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