senectuden.
/sɪˈnɛktjuːd/ = senectitude n.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun]
eld971
old agec1330
agec1380
last agea1382
oldc1385
aldereldea1400
winterc1425
vilessec1430
annosityc1450
senectute1481
the black ox1546
golden years1559
years1561
great1587
afterlife1589
setting sun1597
antiquity1600
chair-daysa1616
the vale of yearsa1616
grandevity1623
green old age1634
eldship1647
senioritya1688
the other side of the hill1691
the decline of life1711
senectude1756
senility1791
senectitude1796
post-climacteric1826
Anno Domini1885
senium1911
golden age1946
1756 H. Johnson in J. Duncombe Lett. Several Eminent Persons Deceased (1773) III. 50 The word ‘senectude’, which you enquire after, is derived from senex, senectus.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 485 Did you think to conceal the heinousness of your tergiversation under the mask of senectude?
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. iv. 103 The Archbold had not deigned to make him safe; senectude [1868 xli, senectitude] had done that.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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