sexagenary

& s. [Latin sexagenarius, from sexageni =sixty each; sexaginta =sixty; sex = six; Fr. sexagénaire; Sp. sex a gena rio; Ital. se a genario.] A. As adj .: Pertaining to the number sixty; composed of or proceeding by sixties; sixty years of age. "These are the sexagenary fair ones, and upwards, who, whether they were handsome or not in the last century, ought at least in this to reduce themselves to a decency and gravity of dre suitable to their years." -Chesterfield : Common Sense, No. 6. IMG:content-1280.png:[blocks in formation] sexagesimal