SENESCENT

aging, ageing, senescent

(adjective) growing old

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

senescent (comparative more senescent, superlative most senescent)

Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Characteristic of old age.

(cytology, of a cell) That ceases to divide.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Se*nes"cent, a. Etym: [L. senescent, p. pr. of senescere to grow old, incho. fr. senere to be old.]

Definition: Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. "The night was senescent." Poe. "With too senescent air." Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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