sexagenarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce sexagenarian in British English:
UK [ˌseksədʒəˈneəriən]
How to pronounce sexagenarian in American English:
US [ˌseksədʒəˈneriən]
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- Noun:
- someone whose age is in the sixties
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- Adjective:
- being from 60 to 69 years old
Word Origin
- sexagenarian (n.)
- 1738, "person sixty years old," from Latin sexagenarius "containing sixty," from sexagenarius, from sexageni "sixty each, sixty at a time," from sexaginta "sixty," from comb. form of sex (see six) + -genaria "ten times," from -ginta "tens," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1836.
Example
- 1. The sexagenarian and his wife sarah , who have two sons and a daughter , expected to spend most of the year at their old rectory in a small west sussex village and the winter at their holiday house in antigua .