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Definition of "sexagenarian" [sex•a•ge•na•ri•an]

  • A person who is 60 years old or between the ages of 60 and 70. (noun)
  • Being 60 years old or between the ages of 60 and 70. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a sexagenarian. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sexagenarian" in a sentence
  • "To some, the idea of sexagenarian roommates having fun (and even getting laid) in their old age was too frightening to watch-but that was then, and this is now, where MILFs and even GILFs have their own video series, so how could a respectable parody producer not want to give these old broads their belated XXX bones?"
  • "Seasick SteveIn 2006 sexagenarian blues musician and former tramp Steve Wold was living in Norway and recovering from a heart attack when a tape of songs he'd made for his wife found its way to the BBC."
  • "They note that the MUSE artists such as Graham Nash and Jackson Browne are "misguided" and maybe worse than that, tend to be "sexagenarian.""