senex
/ˈsɛnɛks/noun
senex is spelled S-E-N-E-X: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, senex means “An older or old man, chiefly as a stock character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of senex is senexes.
How many letters and syllables are in senex?
| Letters | 5: S-E-N-E-X |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is senex?
Senex appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce senex?
- /ˈsɛnɛks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-senex.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of senex
- senexes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does senex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An older or old man, chiefly as a stock character.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does senex come from?
From Latin senex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).