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gerontic
[juh-ron-tik]
adjective
of or relating to the last phase in the life cycle of an organism or in the life history of a species.
gerontic
/ ɛˈɒԳɪ /
adjective
biology of or relating to the senescence of an organism
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Surely the hazard is doubled when the offering is built on the doings of two gerontic specimens who do not even talk dirty or expose any personal equipage more intimate than the inside of an umbrella.
NBC, in fact, often seems to be tailoring its nightly news to what the advertisers apparently assume the audience to be�the gerontic, laxative, denture crowd.
Miss Trevor gulped it down, and then permitted herself to be led to a sofa, where she lay sprawled, her immaculate hat on one side, giving her the look of a debauched gerontic virgin.
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