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单词 septuagenary
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septuagenary

[ sep-choo-aj-uh-ner-ee, -too-, -tyoo- or, especially British, -choo-uh-jee-nuh-ree ]
/ ˌsɛp tʃuˈædʒ əˌnɛr i, -tu-, -tyu- or, especially British, -tʃu əˈdʒi nə ri /

adjective, noun, plural sep·tu·ag·e·nar·ies.

septuagenarian.

Origin of septuagenary

1595–1605; <Latin septuāgēnārius, equivalent to septuāgēn(ī) seventy each (distributive of septuāgintā seventy) + -ārius-ary

Words nearby septuagenary

septorhinoplasty, septostomy, septotomy, Septra, septuagenarian, septuagenary, Septuagesima, Septuagint, septulum, septum, septum pellucidum
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Example sentences from the Web for septuagenary

  • In Spain they, lock up all the ladies at night, even to the septuagenary femmes de chambre.

    The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete|Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
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