Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexagenarian

/ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: sex-a-ge-nar-i-an
IPA: /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.

adj

Of or related to sixtysomethings.

Example Sentences

"Luxury hotels and travel planners must be licking their lips at the prospect that a significant portion of those new sexagenarians will want the trip of a lifetime (and hang the kids' inheritance…)."

Etymology

From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sexāgēnārius, sexagénaire, sexāgēnus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
British English: /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/

Inflected Forms

sexagenarians (plural)

Derived Forms

sexagenarianism

Frequently Paired Words

sexagesimal vicenarian tricenarian quadragenarian quinquagenarian semicentenarian septuagenarian nonagenarian

Synonyms

sixtysomething sexagenary hexagenarian

Questions

How do you pronounce sexagenarian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/.
What does sexagenarian mean?: Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.
Where does sexagenarian come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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