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senescent
[ si-nes-uhnt ]
adjective
- growing old; aging.
- Cell Biology. (of a cell) no longer capable of dividing but still alive and metabolically active.
senescent
/ sɪˈnɛsənt /
adjective
- growing old
- characteristic of old age
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Derived Forms
- seˈnescence, noun
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Other Words From
- se·nescence noun
- unse·nescent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of senescent1
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin senēscent- (stem of senēscēns ) present participle of senēscere “to grow old,” equivalent to sen- “old” + -ēscent- -escent
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Word History and Origins
Origin of senescent1
C17: from Latin senēscere to grow old, from senex old
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Example Sentences
The gardener slammed the door of the senescent truck with vehement lack of affection.
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Has it not sometimes occurred to you that it is only in the senescent epoch of a nations life that love disappears?
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By that sort of piety to which senescent female sinners everywhere and at all times devote themselves she secured new friends.
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That senescent October moon which a year ago marked the end of love's halcyon would have been a suitable light for such a party.
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A senescent city; mostly antiquated Spanish architecture,—ponderous archways and earthquake-proof walls.
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