septuagenary

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

adjective, noun,plural sep·tu·ag·e·nar·ies.

Origin of septuagenary

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

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