Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person 50 years old, or in his or her fifties.
- adjective Of or characteristic of a person in his or her fifties.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being fifty years of age.
- noun A person aged fifty or between fifty and sixty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is between the age of 50 and 59, inclusive.
- adjective Being between the age of 50 and 59, inclusive.
- adjective Of or relating to a quinquagenarian.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Newsweek resurrected this idea with its cover "Diana at 50," complete with Photoshopped pictures of the quinquagenarian princess in contemporary scenes.
Obama vs. the Jets 2011
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Newsweek resurrected this idea with its cover "Diana at 50," complete with Photoshopped pictures of the quinquagenarian princess in contemporary scenes.
Obama vs. the Jets 2011
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There's a curious omission in a New York Times report from Baghdad on the arrest of Samira Ahmed Jassim al-Azzawi, a quinquagenarian woman who goes by the code name "Mother of Believers" and who confessed to Iraqi police that she had recruited at least 28 female suicide bombers for al Qaeda:
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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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The problem as it presented itself to Lord Henry was rightly: how could this quinquagenarian be given a son whom she could worship?
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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.
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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.
A Woodland Queen — Complete Andr�� Theuriet 1870
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"Monsieur Foullepointe, my dear," says Adolphe, presenting the worthy quinquagenarian.
Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"Monsieur Foullepointe, my dear," says Adolphe, presenting the worthy quinquagenarian.
Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"Monsieur Foullepointe, my dear," says Adolphe, presenting the worthy quinquagenarian.
Petty Troubles of Married Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
palooka commented on the word quinquagenarian
What a beautiful word! A person in their 60's is a sexagenarian.
April 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word quinquagenarian
Lovely word. Lovely time. Moved on. Now I'm a sexygenarian.
April 28, 2008
grant_barrett commented on the word quinquagenarian
This word was chosen as Wordnik word of the day.
November 11, 2009
dropofocean commented on the word quinquagenarian
Anyone know the full list of terms for people of each age? People in their teens, 20's, ... 90's?
January 6, 2014