释义 |
senectude|sɪˈnɛktjuːd| [Badly f. L. senectūs: see prec. and -tude.] = prec.
1756H. Johnson in J. Duncombe Lett. (1773) III. 50 The word ‘senectude’, which you enquire after, is derived from senex, senectus. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 485 Did you think to conceal the heinousness of your tergiversation under the mask of senectude? 1863Reade Hard Cash III. iv. 103 The Archbold had not deigned to make him safe; senectude [1868 xli, senectitude] had done that. |