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† septuaˈgesimal, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. septuāgēsim-us (see prec.) + -al1.]
(See quot. 1656.)
In quot. 1646 (perh. Blount's source) the sense is ‘limited to seventy years of life’; in quot. 1778 the word is misused for septuagenarian.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. vi. 298 In our abridged and septuagesimall ages, it is very rare and deserves a distich to behold the fourth generation. 1656Blount Glossogr., Septuagesimall, pertaining to the number seventy, or Septuagesima Sunday. 1778E. Carter Lett. to Mrs. Montagu (1817) III. 145 (F. Hall) Your description of his septuagesimal gallantry would make one laugh. |