quinquagenarian

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The Abbe Pernot was an amiable quinquagenarian, and a 'bon vivant', whose mind inclined more naturally toward the duties of daily life than toward meditation or contemplative studies.

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  1. noun A person 50 years old, or in his or her fifties.
  2. adjective Of or characteristic of a person in his or her fifties.

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  • The Abbe Pernot was an amiable quinquagenarian, and a 'bon vivant', whose mind inclined more naturally toward the duties of daily life than toward meditation or contemplative studies. —  The French Immortals Series — Complete
  • "Monsieur Foullepointe, my dear," says Adolphe, presenting the worthy quinquagenarian. —  Petty Troubles of Married Life
  • That would be Life Ball, the charity fundraiser that sees the likes of telephone hurler Naomi Campbell, quinquagenarian siren Sharon Stone, and a whole lot of people in intricate costumes gather at Vienna's City Hall. —  ETravelBlackboard.com
  • Enamoured as this sprightly quinquagenarian had always been of the other sex, and resolute as she was to show that an old war-horse could prance as bravely as a colt to the stirring trumpet call of youth, she had entered heart and soul into an existence which her late husband would have deprecated as strongly as he had once admired the spirit which led her to do it. —  Too Old for Dolls A Novel
  • The problem as it presented itself to Lord Henry was rightly: how could this quinquagenarian be given a son whom she could worship? —  Too Old for Dolls A Novel
 

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  1. From Latin quīnquāgēnārius, containing fifty, from quīnquāgēnī, fifty each, from quīnquāgintā, fifty; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French quinquagénaire = Spanish quincuagenario = Italian quinquagenario, from Latin quinquagenarius, consisting of fifty, from quinquageni, fifty each, from quinquaginta, fifty, from quinque = English five.
 

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