Senectitude
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 old age uncountable
"Three-and-twenty years form a large portion of the short life of man,—one-third as nearly as can be expressed in unbroken numbers, of the entire term fixed by the psalmist, and full one-half, if we strike off the twilight of childhood and immature youth, and of senectitude weary of its toils."
Example
More examples"Three-and-twenty years form a large portion of the short life of man,—one-third as nearly as can be expressed in unbroken numbers, of the entire term fixed by the psalmist, and full one-half, if we strike off the twilight of childhood and immature youth, and of senectitude weary of its toils."
Etymology
From Latin senectus (“aged, old age”), senex (“old”). Compare senescent.
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