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Vinony

septuagenarian

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsɛptəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ / /ˌsɛptəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ / /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/

adj

Etymology: From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”).

  1. Of or related to seventysomethings.

noun

Etymology: From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”).

  1. Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.

    “Mary Moon, she's a vegetarian. Mary Moon, Mary Moon, Mary Moon. Mary Moon, who will outlive all the septuagenarians.”

    “For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]”