septuagenary

[ sep-choo-aj-uh-ner-ee, -too-, -tyoo-or, especially British, -choo-uh-jee-nuh-ree ]

adjective

, plural sep·tu·ag·e·nar·ies.

1. septuagenarian.

Word History and Origins

Origin of septuagenary¹

1595–1605; < Latin septuāgēnārius, equivalent to septuāgēn ( ī ) seventy each (distributive of septuāgintā seventy) + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

In Spain they, lock up all the ladies at night, even to the septuagenary femmes de chambre.

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