septuagenary
[ sep-choo-aj-uh-ner-ee, -too-, -tyoo- or, esp. British, -choo-uh-jee-nuh-ree ]
/ ˌsɛp tʃuˈædʒ əˌnɛr i, -tu-, -tyu- or, esp. British, -tʃu əˈdʒi nə ri /
adjective, noun, plural sep·tu·ag·e·nar·ies.
Origin of septuagenary
1595–1605; < Latin
septuāgēnārius, equivalent to
septuāgēn(ī) seventy each (distributive of
septuāgintā seventy) +
-ārius
-ary
Words nearby septuagenary
septoplasty,
septorhinoplasty,
septostomy,
septotomy,
septuagenarian,
septuagenary,
septuagesima,
septuagint,
septulum,
septum,
septum pellucidum
Example sentences from the Web for septuagenary
In Spain they, lock up all the ladies at night, even to the septuagenary femmes de chambre.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete |Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans