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senectitude (si-NEK-ti-tood, -tyood) noun
Old age.
[From Latin senectus (old age), from senex (old). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root sen- (old) that's also the ancestor of senior, sir,
sire, senate, senile, Spanish señor, and surly (which is an alteration
of sirly, as in sir-ly).]
-Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)
"As for Skywalker John, his fortune is made back on earth giving
television testimonials for laxatives, rheumatism medicaments,
diapers and walkers. If those images are unsettling, please
remember the old saw that senectitude is not for the faint of heart."
Nicholas von Hoffman; All Hail the World's Oldest Lab Rat;
The Wall Street Journal (New York); Nov 17, 1998.
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