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.
A few years ago, the New Zealand Air Force sent a team of pilots around the world on a mission to prove it would be cheaper to buy a new fighter-bomber than to upgrade its senescent fleet of A-4 Skyhawks.