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单词 senex
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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

Origin

From Latin, 'old man'.

 
 

Definition of senex in US English:

senex

nounˈseneks
  • (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

Origin

From Latin, ‘old man’.

 
 
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