senectitude

[ si-nek-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. the last stage of life; old age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of senectitude¹

1790–1800; < Latin senect ( ūs ) old age (equivalent to senec-, extracted as stem from senex (genitive senis ) old man + -tūs abstract noun suffix) + -i- + -tude, on model of plenitude, rectitude, etc.

Example Sentences

Old Thomas Burton was shaven and manicured and betailored into a model of well-nourished—possibly over-nourished—senectitude.

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The Archbold had not deigned to make him safe; senectitude had done that.

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