septuagenarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce septuagenarian in British English:
UK [ˌseptjuədʒəˈneəriən]
How to pronounce septuagenarian in American English:
US [ˌseptʃuədʒəˈneriən]
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- Noun:
- someone whose age is in the seventies
Word Origin
- septuagenarian (adj.)
- "of age 70, seventy-year-old," 1793, from Latin septuagenarius "containing seventy," from septuageni "seventy each," related to septuaginta "seventy" (see Septuagint). Noun meaning "a 70-year-old person" first recorded 1805. As an adjective, septuagenary is recorded from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. That he could not prevent the first world war plunged the septuagenarian steel tycoon into a depression .
- 2. Some blamed the company 's poor recent performance on meddling by the septuagenarian mr geronzi , who is said to epitomise old-style italian capitalism .
- 3. He 's 68 and turns the calendar again on january 27 as he edges inevitably toward 70 , so there is a sense that he prefers to remain vigorous and youthful as a septuagenarian .
- 4. Ms sell says that her firm designed the app to make it easy to use , even for her septuagenarian mother with whom she exchanges texts via the app . The hardest part of using wickr is picking and remembering a password .
- 5. Some blamed the company 's poor recent performance on meddling by the septuagenarian mr geronzi , who is said to epitomized old-style italian capitalism .