Senescent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Senescent \Se*nes"cent\, a. [L. senescent, p. pr. of senescere
     to grow old, incho. fr. senere to be old.]
     Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. "The night was
     senescent." --Poe. "With too senescent air." --Lowell.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  senescent
       adj : growing old [syn: {aging}, {ageing}]