Definition of SEPTUAGENARIAN

septuagenarian

Plural: septuagenarians

Noun

  • someone whose age is in the seventies
  • Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.

Adj

  • Of or related to seventysomethings.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”).

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