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sexagenarian

How many syllables in sexagenarian?

  6 syllables

Divide sexagenarian into syllables:   sex-a-ge-nar-i-an
How to pronounce sexagenarian:   sek-suh-juh-nair-ee-yan
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What rhymes with sexagenarian

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