sexagenary
UK/ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/US/ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
sexagenary adjective: containing sixty years.
Adjective
sexagenary (not comparable)
- Containing sixty years.
- The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms.
- Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
- Synonyms:
- sexagenarian
- Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
- Synonyms:
- sexagesimal
Noun
sexagenary (plural sexagenaries)
- Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
- Synonyms:
- sexagesimal
- Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
- Synonyms:
- sexagenarian
Synonyms of sexagenary
Forms of sexagenary
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Origin of sexagenary
From 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.
Questions about sexagenary
- What does sexagenary mean?
- Sexagenary means containing sixty years.
- What part of speech is sexagenary?
- Sexagenary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sexagenary?
- Sexagenary is pronounced /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/ (US).
Words near sexagenary in the dictionary
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