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sexagenarian (n.)

1738, "person sixty years old," from Latin sexagenarius "containing sixty," from sexagenarius, from sexageni "sixty each, sixty at a time," from sexaginta "sixty," from combining form of sex (see six) + -genaria "ten times," from -ginta "tens," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from root *dekm- "ten." As an adjective from 1836.

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Definitions of sexagenarian from WordNet
1
sexagenarian (n.)
someone whose age is in the sixties;
2
sexagenarian (adj.)
being from 60 to 69 years old;
the sexagenarian population is growing
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