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Senescent

adjective
1.
Growing old.  Synonyms: ageing, aging.






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"Senescent" Quotes from Famous Books



... climbs up the base of the huge hill at a precipitous angle, the city can be seen from the steamer's deck almost as in a bird's-eye view. A senescent city; mostly antiquated Spanish architecture,—ponderous archways and earthquake-proof walls. The yellow buildings fronting us beyond the wharf seem half decayed; they are strangely streaked with green, look as if they had been long under water. ...
— Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn

... speed of energy discharge, for energy is no longer needed as it was for the self-preservation of the offspring before adolescence, and for the propagation of the species during the procreative period. Unless other factors intervene, this reduction in speed is progressive until senescent death. The diminished size of the thyroid of the aged bears testimony to the part the activating organs bear in the ...
— The Origin and Nature of Emotions • George W. Crile



Words linked to "Senescent" :   aging, old, ageing, senescence, senesce



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