sexagenary
[ sek-saj-uh-ner-ee ]
/ sɛkˈsædʒ əˌnɛr i /
adjective
noun, plural sex·ag·e·nar·ies.
a sexagenarian.
Origin of sexagenary
1525–35; < Latin
sexāgēnārius, equivalent to
sexāgēn(ī), distributive of
sexāgintā sixty +
-ārius
-ary
Words nearby sexagenary
sex-linked trait,
sex-starved,
sex-text,
sex-typed,
sexagenarian,
sexagenary,
sexagesima,
sexagesimal,
sexaholic,
sexangular,
sexavalent
Example sentences from the Web for sexagenary
The child, now a sexagenary, disclosed it to the municipality.
These were used by the Chinese over four thousand years ago as the names of a cycle of sixty years, called the sexagenary.
Time and Its Measurement |James ArthurBesides, this method gives you the whole sixty names of the sexagenary at one view.
Time and Its Measurement |James ArthurThe child, now a sexagenary, disclosed it to the municipiality.