sexagenarian

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ === Noun === sexagenarian (plural sexagenarians) Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old. === Adjective === sexagenarian (not comparable) Of or related to sixtysomethings. Coordinate terms: vicenarian, tricenarian, quadragenarian, quinquagenarian, semicentenarian, septuagenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, supercentenarian ==== Synonyms ==== sexagenary, hexagenarian ==== Derived terms ==== sexagenarianism ==== Related terms ==== sexagesimal ==== Translations ==== === References === “sexagenarian, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.