Sexagenary
Pronunciation : Sex*ag"e*na*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexag?naire. See Six.]
Definition : Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. Sexagenary arithmetic. See under Sexagesimal. -- Sexagenary, or Sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sex*ag"e*na*ry
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
2. A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913