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SUPERANNUATED \soo-per-AN-yuh-way-tud\ adjective

1 : outmoded, old-fashioned

2 a : incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age

*b : older than the typical member of a specified group

Example sentence:

The article focused on senior citizens who retired from the workplace and returned to school to become superannuated graduate students.

Did you know?

"Superannuated" was first put to use in English in the 1600s, having been borrowed from Medieval Latin "superannuatus," the past participle of "superannuari" ("to be too old") -- from Latin "super-" ("over" or "above") and "annus" ("year"). Shortly thereafter, we made our own verb, "superannuate," from the adjective. "Superannuate" meant "to retire and pension because of age or infirmity" as well as "to declare obsolete," meanings that are still in active service. "Superannuated" can mean "outmoded or old-fashioned," as in "superannuated slang" or "superannuated neckties," or it can simply mean "older than usual," as in our example sentence.

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BELVEDERE \BEL-vuh-deer\ noun

: a structure (as a cupola or a summerhouse) designed to command a view

Example sentence:
On summer evenings, guests at the estate often joined their hosts in the belvedere to watch the sunset.

Did you know?

It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder -- and someone with a belvedere will likely have a great deal of beauty to behold. Given the origins of the word, "belvedere" is the ideal term for a building (or part of a building) with a view; it derives from two Italian words, "bel," which means "beautiful," and "vedere," which means "view." The term has been used in English since at least 1593.