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sep⋅tu⋅a⋅ge⋅nar⋅i⋅an
[sep-choo-uh-juh-nair-ee-uh
n, -too-, -tyoo-] 
–adjective
| 1. | of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old. |
–noun
| 2. | a septuagenarian person. |
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| sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·an (sěp'tōō-ə-jə-nâr'ē-ən, -tyōō-, -chōō-) n. A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80. adj.
[From Latin septuāgēnārius, of the number seventy, from septuāgēnī, seventy each, from septuāgintā, seventy; see Septuagint.] |
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Septuagenarian
Sep`tu*a*ge*na"ri*an\, n. A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
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Language Translation for : septuagenarian
Spanish:
septuagenario,
German:
der, *die Siebzigjährige,
Japanese:
70代の人
septuagenarian (adj.)
"seventy-year-old," 1793, from L. septuagenarius "containing seventy," from septuageni "seventy each," related to septuaginta "seventy" (see Septuagint). Noun meaning "a 70-year-old person" first recorded 1805.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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