different between quinquagenarian vs septuagenarian

English

Etymology

From Latin quinqu?g?n?rius (“containing fifty”), from quinquegeni (“fifty each”), from qu?nqu?gint? (“fifty”) +? -an.

Adjective

quinquagenarian (not comparable)

1. Being between the age of 50 and 59, inclusive.
2. Of or relating to a quinquagenarian.

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Noun

quinquagenarian (plural quinquagenarians)

1. One who is between the age of 50 and 59, inclusive.

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Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• quinquagenary

English

Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius ("of the number seventy"), from Latin septu?ginta ("seventy") +? -an

Adjective

septuagenarian (not comparable)

1. Being between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive. In one's eighth decade.
2. Of or relating to a septuagenarian.

Translations

Noun

septuagenarian (plural septuagenarians)

1. One who is between the age of 70 and 79, inclusive.
   • 2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic

     For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]

Coordinate terms

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

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