/sep'chooh aj"euh ner'ee, -tooh-, -tyooh-/ or, esp. Brit., /-chooh euh jee"neuh ree/ , adj., n., pl. septuagenaries .
septuagenarian.
[ 1595-1605; septuagenarius, equiv. to septuagen ( i ) seventy each (distributive of septuaginta seventy) + -arius -ARY ]