单词 | septuagenary |
释义 | septuagenaryadj.n. Now rare. A. adj. Aged between seventy and seventy-nine years (inclusive); (also) characteristic of or belonging to a person who is aged between seventy and seventy-nine years; = septuagenarian adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age seven?1440 yearing1451 year-old1556 yeared1583 seventy1590 two-year1596 quinquagenarian1603 septuagenary1605 twelvea1616 thirty1618 three-yearling1621 one-eared1645 quadragenarious1656 trimenstruous1656 septennian1662 sexagenarian1663 sexagenary1663 octogenarya1696 seven-year-old1713 quinquagenary1715 yearling1729 septuagesimal1781 septuagenarian1793 octogenarian1818 fortyish1821 seventeen-year-old1821 three-year-old1825 week-old1826 centenarian1828 day-old1831 70-year-old1832 quadragenarian1834 century-old1836 nonagenarian1877 teenaged1913 thirtyish1925 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G1 The same obiection..Lucian maketh to Iupiter,..And asketh whether they were become septuagenarie, or whether the lawe..against old mens mariages had restrayned them. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. ix. 125 Nor can the three hundred years of..Nestor, overthrow the assertion of Moses, or afford a reasonable encouragement beyond his septuagenary determination. View more context for this quotation 1737 Common Sense I. 27 I have often observed Septuagenary great-grandmothers adorned, as they thought, with all the colours of the Rainbow. 1850 Fraser's Mag. 42 2 The task would require..septuagenary years. 1999 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) 11 Apr. 1 Hickey..looks forward to soon becoming Virginia Beach's best-known septuagenary dancer when he turns 70 in a few months. B. n. A person who is between seventy and seventy-nine years old (inclusive); a person aged seventy; = septuagenarian n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun] one-year-old?1609 cinquanter1611 sexagenariana1646 septuagene1657 quintagenarian1687 threescore1721 septuagenarian1744 centenarian1747 seven-year-old1762 septuagenary1792 centenary1800 nonagenarian1804 sexagenary1814 octogenarian1815 nine-year-old1828 octogenary1828 semi-centenarian1828 quinquagenarian1830 quadragenarian1839 seventeen-year-old1858 70-year-old1870 twenty-firster1912 1792 tr. J. P. Brissot de Warville New Trav. U.S.A. xxvii. 342 The health of the Pennsylvanians augments in proportion to the cultivation of the country;..the septuagenaries [Fr. septuagénaires] are very numerous. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 92 I was in appearance a middle-aged man, and in mind a septuagenary. 1921 Austral. Worker 13 Oct. 11/2 Had these septuagenaries had any sense of the fitness of things they would have shuffled out of their jobs long ago. 2016 @RicardoLemos4 12 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 4 June 2019) Why they didn't choose a jewish socialist septuagenary to run against Trump, sure winner! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1605 |
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