quinquagenarian

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adjective

quin·​qua·​ge·​nar·​i·​an

¦kwinkwə̇jə̇¦na(a)rēən,

(¦)kwin¦kwäj-

: fifty years old : characteristic of a person of such an age

quinquagenarian

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noun

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plural -s

: a quinquagenarian person

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin quinquagenarius of fifty, fifty years old (from quinquageni fifty each—from quinquaginta fifty—+ -arius -ary) + English -an

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