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quadragenarian

English

Etymology

From Latin quadr?gint? (forty); compare octogenarian.

Adjective

quadragenarian (not comparable)

  1. between the ages of 40 and 49; in one's fifth decade

Translations

Noun

quadragenarian (plural quadragenarians)

  1. one who is quadragenarian

Translations

Coordinate terms

  • vicenarian
  • tricenarian
  • quinquagenarian
  • sexagenarian
  • septuagenarian
  • octogenarian
  • nonagenarian
  • centenarian

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quintagenarian

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

quintagenarian (plural quintagenarians)

  1. One who is between the ages of 50 and 59, inclusive.
    • 1852, William Hamilton Maxwell, Highlands and Islands
      That would be bad enough, God knows! but what is it to finding yourself in an infernal "fix," at a dinner-table, with a literary quintagenarian at your elbow []

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