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septuagenary

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sep⋅tu⋅ag⋅e⋅nar⋅y

[sep-choo-aj-uh-ner-ee, -too-, -tyoo- or, especially Brit., -choo-uh-jee-nuh-ree]
–adjective, noun, plural -nar⋅ies.
septuagenarian.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L septuāgēnārius, equiv. to septuāgēn(ī) seventy each (distributive of septuāgintā seventy) + -ārius -ary
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