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senescent

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Definitions

  1. Senescent means growing old.

Word origin

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

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  • 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
  • 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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