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sexagenary

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
  • General-American: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnəɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnɹi/
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  • Received-Pronunciation: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnɹi/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or related to the number sixty

Containing sixty years.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or related to the number sixty

Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexagenarian

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or related to the number sixty

Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Topics: astronomy, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexagesimal

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: astronomy, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexagesimal

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexagenarian

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.