Seventysomething

noun, num, slang

noun, num, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person between 70 and 79 years old. colloquial

    "She was a sprightly seventysomething."

Numeral
  1. 1
    An indeterminate value between 70 (inclusive) and 80 (exclusive). colloquial

Synonyms

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septuagenarianseptuagenarianseptuagenary

Example

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"She was a sprightly seventysomething."

Etymology

From seventy + -something.

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