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septuagenarian
[sep-choo-uh-juh-nair-ee-uhn, -too-, -tyoo-]
adjective
of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
noun
a septuagenarian person.
septuagenarian
/ ˌɛʊəɪˈɛəɪə /
noun
a person who is from 70 to 79 years old
adjective
being between 70 and 79 years old
of or relating to a septuagenarian
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of septuagenarian1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of septuagenarian1
Example Sentences
The septuagenarian actors shot for five days straight from about 4 p.m. to 6 a.m.
New eyes on the band have elicited a seemingly increased enthusiasm and energy that’s perhaps unexpected from seasoned septuagenarians.
Today, it is distilled into the hands of one man: an aging septuagenarian who doesn’t even know that his greatest responsibility is to uphold the Constitution.
"I wouldn't get a minute to breathe a few years ago, but now I rarely get anyone coming," says the septuagenarian wryly.
Their goal was to collect their belongings from their and their septuagenarian parents’ houses, which neighbors have told them remain standing while many houses around them have been reduced to rubble.
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When To Use
A septuagenarian is someone in their 70s (70 to 79 years old), or someone who is 70 years old.Septuagenarian can also be used as an adjective to describe someone in their 70s, as in Our audience is mostly made up of septuagenarian women, or things related to such a person, as in I have entered my septuagenarian years. It’s one of several similar terms used to refer to a person of a certain age, including quadragenarian (40s), quinquagenarian (50s), sexagenarian (60s), octogenarian (80s), and nonagenarian (90s).Such words are more commonly used as people get older: quadragenarian and quinquagenarian are rarely used, but septuagenarian and octogenarian are more commonly used.Another word for septuagenarian is septuagenary.Example: Today is my last day as a septuagenarian—tomorrow I begin my 80s!
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