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单词 septennian
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septennianadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin septennium , -an suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin septennium septennium n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier septennial adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of seven years; lasting seven years.In quot. 1913 apparently used erroneously for septennial. Cf. Septennial Act n. at septennial adj. Compounds.
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seven?1440
yearing1451
year-old1556
yeared1583
seventy1590
two-year1596
quinquagenarian1603
septuagenary1605
twelvea1616
thirty1618
three-yearling1621
one-eared1645
quadragenarious1656
trimenstruous1656
septennian1662
sexagenarian1663
sexagenary1663
octogenarya1696
seven-year-old1713
quinquagenary1715
yearling1729
septuagesimal1781
septuagenarian1793
octogenarian1818
fortyish1821
seventeen-year-old1821
three-year-old1825
week-old1826
centenarian1828
day-old1831
70-year-old1832
quadragenarian1834
century-old1836
nonagenarian1877
teenaged1913
thirtyish1925
1662 R. K. Canticles Ep. Ded. sig. A2 A great and undeserved favour from your honour, having brought mee long since, (not only after my septennian travels..) in then admitting mee a servant in your most Noble Family.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 355 Children, under the said Septennian Age.
1913 W. S. Churchill Home Rule for Ireland in Compl. Speeches 1897–1963 (1974) II. 2149 The seven years' interval provided by the Septennian Act.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020).
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