What does "senescent" mean?
Senescent: Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. "The night was senescent." Poe. "With too senescent air." Lowell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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