Definition of SEXAGENARY

sexagenary

Meanings

Plural: sexagenaries

Adj

  • Of or related to the number sixty
  • Containing sixty years.
  • Of or related to the number sixty
  • Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
  • Of or related to the number sixty
  • Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.

Noun

  • Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
  • Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin sexāgēnārius (“sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old”) either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”), from sexaginta (“six tens, sixty”). Cognate with sexagenarian.

Scrabble Score: 21

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