senescent adjective3 •Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.And now, as the night was senescent / And star-dials pointed to morn— / As the star-dials hinted of morn— / At the end of our path a liquescent / And nebulous lustre was born — 1859 •That ceases to divide.When such lines and forms of organic development prevail, the individual, as the cell of the body, becomes soon senescent, drifting inevitably into age, decay, and death. — 1919 •Characteristic of old age. formsmore senescent · most senescent