sexagenary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/ (General-American)
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or related to the number sixty ▸ Containing sixty years.
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.
- (archaic, not-comparable) Of or related to the number sixty ▸ Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
- (archaic, not-comparable) Of or related to the number sixty ▸ Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
Coordinates
decenary · hexanary · septenary · decenary · binary · octonary · vicenary · trinary · semicentenary · quintenary · hexanary · trinary · unary · quintenary · quadragenary · unary · tetranary · octogenary · quinquagenary · octonary · tricenary · nonary · ternary · vicenary · nonary · tricenary · binary · tricenary · nonary · septenary · vicenary · binary · hexanary · septuagenary · unary · decenary · octogenary · ternary · octonary · septuagenary · octogenary · quadragenary · ternary · tetranary · semicentenary · tetranary · septuagenary · quadragenary · trinary · septenary · quinquagenary · quinquagenary · quintenary · semicentenary