Meanings
alternative quadrigenarious
- not comparablerareSynonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
He signed the letter "Canis Quadragenarious" (Forty-year-old Dog).
2002, Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, volume 222 more examples
[…]cutting out valiantly from under the guns of a dozen rivals some stout buxom widow suited to his estate and to his medium years — one of those plumply mellow quadrigenarious bodies who especially appeal to the vigorous and well-salted emotion which with sailor-men stands for love[…]
1894, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 90This is doubtless the reason who^([sic]) our quadragenarious friends sometimes surprise us with their matrimonial ventures.
1903, The Christian Work and the Evangelist, volume 75Synonyms: quadragenarian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
Origin
- Latinquadrāgēnus“40 each”
- Frenchquadragénaire
- Latinquadrāgēnārius“containing 40”
- Englishquadragenarious
Learned borrowing from Latin quadrāgēnārius (“containing 40”), either directly or via French quadragénaire, from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Doublet of quadragenarian, quadragenary, and quadragene.
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