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sexagenary

/ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sex-a-ge-nary
IPA
/ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to the number sixty

adj

Of or related to the number sixty

Archaic

adj

Of or related to the number sixty

Archaic

noun

Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.

Archaic

noun

Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sexāgēnārius, sexagénaire, sexāgēnus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
  • British English: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sexagenaries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

unary binary ternary trinary tetranary quintenary hexanary septenary

Synonyms

sexagenarian sexagesimal

Questions

How do you pronounce sexagenary?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/.
What does sexagenary mean?
Of or related to the number sixty
Where does sexagenary come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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