sexagenarian
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English
Etymology
From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (“forming adjectives and representative nouns”), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/
Noun
sexagenarian (plural sexagenarians)
- Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.
- 2010 December 7, J.A., “Travel in style”, in The Economist:
- Luxury hotels and travel planners must be licking their lips at the prospect that a significant portion of those new sexagenarians will want the trip of a lifetime (and hang the kids' inheritance…).
Adjective
sexagenarian (not comparable)
- Of or related to sixtysomethings.
- Coordinate terms: vicenarian, tricenarian, quadragenarian, quinquagenarian, semicentenarian, septuagenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, supercentenarian
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References
- “sexagenarian, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
