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senescent

adj

Etymology

From Latin senescens, present participle of senescere (“to grow old”), from senere (“to be old”), from senex (“old”).

  1. derived from senescens

Definitions

  1. Growing old

    Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

    • And now, as the night was senescent / ⁠And star-dials pointed to morn— / ⁠As the star-dials hinted of morn— / At the end of our path a liquescent / ⁠And nebulous lustre was born

  2. Characteristic of old age.

  3. That ceases to divide.

    • When such lines and forms of organic development prevail, the individual, as the cell of the body, becomes soon senescent, drifting inevitably into age, decay, and death.

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Derived

antisenescent, hypersenescent, immunosenescent, nonsenescent, presenescent, prosenescent, unsenescent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA