sexagenary

[ sek-saj-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the number 60.

  2. composed of or proceeding by sixties.

noun,plural sex·ag·e·nar·ies.

Origin of sexagenary

1
1525–35; <Latin sexāgēnārius, equivalent to sexāgēn(ī), distributive of sexāgintā sixty + -ārius-ary

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