Word of the Week
senectitude (si-NEK-ti-tood, -tyood) noun
Old age.
[From Latin senectus (old age), from senex (old). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sen- (old) that's also the ancestor of senior, sir, sire, senate, senile, Spanish señor, and surly (which is an alteration of sirly, as in sir-ly).]
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