| 单词 | septuagesimal | 
| 释义 | septuagesimaladj. rare.  1.   a.  Relating to or based on the number seventy; consisting of seventy.In quots. 1646, 1927   with reference to the traditional seventy years of the human lifespan; cf. threescore (years) and ten at threescore adj. b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > 			[adjective]		 > specific age > limited to specific age septuagesimal1646 1646    Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica  vi. vi. 298  				In our abridged and septuagesimall ages, it is very rare and deserves a distich to behold the fourth  generation.       View more context for this quotation 1849    J. Craig New Universal Dict.  				Septuagesimal, consisting of seventy. 1927    Sci. Monthly Mar. 257/1  				Enough remains of the septuagesimal tradition that when a man reaches seventy we think it not inappropriate to pause and take stock of the things he has done. 2002    M. Ascher Math. Elsewhere 		(2005)	 vii. 199  				Another recent study..is about the previous septuagesimal system of units of the Basque. 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 1781    E. Carter Let. 15 June 		(1817)	 III. 145  				Your description of his septuagesimal gallantry would make one laugh. 1836    Constitutional 26 Nov.  				A plain dark young woman.., with that ‘wide-awake’ expression of eye so dangerous to septuagesimal widowers.  2.  Christian Church. With capital initial. Of or relating to the day or period of Septuagesima (see Septuagesima n.). ΚΠ 1656    T. Blount Glossographia  				Septuagesimall, pertaining to the number seventy, or Septuagesima Sunday. 1895    Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 10 214  				During the Septuagesimal season, all oaths and ordeals were forbidden among the Anglo-Saxons. 1983    Traditio 39 99  				Those who argue for a Lenten or Septuagesimal context for the play must either ignore or downplay the prophets. 2015    @incymbalis 6 Feb. in  twitter.com 		(accessed 4 June 2019)	  				My oh-so-organised Septuagesimal work on the Good Friday liturgy has been scuppered by the CofE website going down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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