sexagenary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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

noun

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

Pronunciation

/ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/ /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/ /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/ /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnəɹi/ /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnɹi/ /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnɹi/ /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/

Word forms

sexagenary sexagenaries

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.

Synonyms

sexagenarian sexagesimal

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