sexagenary
Of or related to the number sixtyOf or related to the number sixty: Containing sixty years.
Meaning
3 sensesOf or related to the number sixty
(not comparable)Containing sixty years.
(archaic, not comparable)Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
(archaic, not comparable)Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
Origin
From Latin sexāgēnārius (“sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old”) either directly or viFrom Latin sexāgēnārius (“sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old”) either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”), from sexaginta (“six tens, sixty”). Cognate with sexagenarian.
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