septuagenarian

Meanings

Adjective

  • Being between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive. In one's eighth decade.
  • Of or relating to a septuagenarian.

Noun

  • One who is between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive.

Origin

  • From Latin septuagenarius ("of the number seventy"), from Latin septuāginta ("seventy") -an

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