septuagenary

septuagenary
/sep'chooh aj"euh ner'ee, -tooh-, -tyooh-/ or, esp. Brit., /-chooh euh jee"neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. septuagenaries.
septuagenarian.
[1595-1605; < L septuagenarius, equiv. to septuagen(i) seventy each (distributive of septuaginta seventy) + -arius -ARY]

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