Senescent (adj)
Sin-es-unt
Growing old; aging.
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin senēscent- (stem of senēscēns ) present participle of senēscere “to grow old,” equivalent to sen- “old” + -ēscent- -escent
Example sentences
“It seems like their senescent, cantankerous candidate was holding them back after all.”
