septuagenary
[ sep-choo-aj-uh-ner-ee, -too-, -tyoo- or, especially British, -choo-uh-jee-nuh-ree ]
Origin of septuagenary
11595–1605; <Latin septuāgēnārius, equivalent to septuāgēn(ī) seventy each (distributive of septuāgintā seventy) + -ārius-ary
Words Nearby septuagenary
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How to use septuagenary in a sentence
In Spain they, lock up all the ladies at night, even to the septuagenary femmes de chambre.
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