Definition of senex in English:
senex
nounPlural senes ˈsɛnɛksˈseneks
(in literature, especially comedy) an old man as a stock figure.
Gloucester the foolish senex, full of idle and fond superstitions
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, in my early fifties, I have a growing confidence in my capacity to become an elder and a senex - an old man filled with the joy and openness of a young boy.
- It is symptomatic that the senex among them, the canonical mythologue, is the one who feels compelled to deride the latter as ‘the most superficial: a shallow psychology one might say, that offers no real substance for reflection’.
Synonyms
retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap