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senectitude

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se⋅nec⋅ti⋅tude

  [si-nek-ti-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
the last stage of life; old age.
Origin:
1790–1800; < L senect(ūs) old age (equiv. to senec-, extracted as s. from senex (gen. senis) old man + -tūs abstract n. suffix) + -i- + -tude, on model of plenitude, rectitude, etc.
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se·nec·ti·tude   (sĭ-něk'tĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  Old age; elderliness.

[Medieval Latin senectitūdō, from Latin senectūs, from senex, old, an elder; see sen- in Indo-European roots.]
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