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Definition of Septuagenarian
1. Noun. Someone whose age is in the seventies.
Definition of Septuagenarian
1. n. A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
Definition of Septuagenarian
1. Adjective. Being between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive. In one's eighth decade. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to a septuagenarian. ¹
3. Noun. One who is between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Septuagenarian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Septuagenarian
Literary usage of Septuagenarian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"and then,' said he, lowering his malapropos voice, ' then I shook him, to.1 Here
he pushed me to and fro, with his septuagenarian gripe on my collar, ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"An exception, however, occurred in one case, where iodine appeared in the urine
of a septuagenarian three minutes sooner than in that of an 18-year old boy. ..."
3. The Modern Housewife: Or, Ménagère. Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts by Alexis Soyer (1851)
"THE Septuagenarian EPICURE. MY DEAR ELOISE,—Having now arrived at the conclusion
of our labours, during which you have in many instances thought ..."
4. Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's Head Valet: Containing Details by Louis Constant Wairy, Louis Constant Wairy Constant, Percy Pinkerton (1896)
"... the septuagenarian—He weds a young bride—/ revisit Paris—My sleeplessness—I
take opium —Its baneful effect—/ lose my reason—My stay in a private ..."
5. Sonnets on the Sonnet: An Anthology (1898)
"THE SONNET OF A Septuagenarian A plaintive sonnet flowed from Milton's pen Say,
shall not I, then, shed one tuneful tear, Robbed by the thief of three-score ..."
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