亚洲网紅露点

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gerontic

[ juh-ron-tik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the last phase in the life cycle of an organism or in the life history of a species.


gerontic

/ 诲萧蓻藞谤蓲苍迟瑟办 /

adjective

  1. biology of or relating to the senescence of an organism
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gerontic1

1880鈥85; < Greek 驳别谤辞苍迟颈办贸蝉 of old men, equivalent to geront- (stem of 驳茅谤艒苍 old man) + -ikos -ic
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Example Sentences

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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锟絫he 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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