septuagenary

English

Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius, from septuageny (“seventy each”), akin to Latin septuaginta (“seventy”), septem (“seven”). See seven.

Adjective

septuagenary (not comparable)

1. Consisting of seventy.
2. Seventy years old.

Noun

septuagenary (plural septuagenaries)

1. A septuagenarian.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “septuagenary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)