senescentadj.

/sɪˈnɛsənt/

Etymology: < Latin senēscent-em, present participle of senēscĕre to grow old: see senesce v. and -ent suffix.

Growing old, elderly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > growing old

western1615

veterascent1642

senescent1656

not so (or as) young as one was (or used to be)1747

oldening1865

eldering1876

waning1895

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Senescent, waxing old, growing in age, wearing away, drawing to the wain.

a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VI. 245 Senescent spinsters and dowagers.

1878 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. (1886) 153 It is not a dead but a living language, senescent, perhaps, but in a green old age.

1893 Nation 13 July 33/3 Great convenience to scholars, especially to those with senescent eyesight, would be secured by such a restoration.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	senescent
释义	senescentadj. /sɪˈnɛsənt/ Etymology: < Latin senēscent-em, present participle of senēscĕre to grow old: see senesce v. and -ent suffix. Growing old, elderly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > growing old western1615 veterascent1642 senescent1656 not so (or as) young as one was (or used to be)1747 oldening1865 eldering1876 waning1895 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Senescent, waxing old, growing in age, wearing away, drawing to the wain. a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VI. 245 Senescent spinsters and dowagers. 1878 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. (1886) 153 It is not a dead but a living language, senescent, perhaps, but in a green old age. 1893 Nation 13 July 33/3 Great convenience to scholars, especially to those with senescent eyesight, would be secured by such a restoration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1656
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