Sexagenary Definition
sĕk-săjə-nĕrē
sexagenaries
adjective
Relating to or proceeding by sixties.
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Sexagenarian.
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Noun
Singular:
sexagenary
Plural:
sexagenariesOrigin of Sexagenary
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Latin sexāgēnārius from sexāgēnī sixty each from sexāgintā sixty sex six sex– -gintā ten times dekm̥ in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the French sexagenaire, itself from the Latin sexāgÄ“nārius (“of or containing sixty", “sixty years old", “a man of sixty").
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