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septuagenarian

septuagenarian

2 8.6
A person who is 70 to 79 years old
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛp.tʃuː.əˈdʒɛ.ni.ən/
translation icon : septuagenario
  • Today, my favorite septuagenarian fitness icon returns with lessons on fitness for longevity, food is medicine and spirituality as source.
  • septuagenarians and octogenarians
  • near-septuagenarian
  • septuagenarian, still

And he says Connolly will join fellow septuagenarians and top committee spots next year.

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Examples

  • These septuagenarians were quite prosperous; lack of money or family was not the reason.

    Blog text (28)
  • The community center has a special program for septuagenarians to promote active lifestyles.

  • I found the main entrance and went inside, where I was accosted by a septuagenarian hall monitor.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • On the other hand, I think I had geriatric overload, and the thought of talking to one more septuagenarian was more than I could handle.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • And he says Connolly will join fellow septuagenarians and top committee spots next year.

  • These years were not happy ones for the septuagenarian astronomer, who was extremely conservative and frequently unhappy with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

    Academic text (1992)
  • What is certain is that these two resilient and abundantly self-assured septuagenarians do not consider their work to be complete.

    Academic text (1997)
  • It was recited in Taunton, Massachusetts, by Alexandre Guilherme da Silveira, a septuagenarian from the Island of Flores, Azores, on January 14, 1978.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The septuagenarian shared stories from his youth that captivated the entire audience.

  • As a septuagenarian, she still enjoys hiking and exploring new trails every weekend.

Synonyms

seventy-something
vsseptuagenarian
3.9

A person aged between 70 and 79

is a single-word more formal label instead of a numeric phrase

How Old

centenarian
6 7.2
nonagenarian
1 8.9
octogenarian
8 7.6
septuagenarian
2 8.6

Surface Forms

Etymology

Septuagenarian comes from the old part septu- which means 'seventy', and the whole word names a person aged 70 to 79. So a septuagenarian is someone in their 'seventies'.