quintagenarian

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounquintagenarian (plural quintagenarians)

plural quintagenarians

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

    That would be bad enough, God knows! but what is it to finding yourself in an infernal "fix," at a dinner-table, with a literary quintagenarian at your elbow […]

    1852, William Hamilton Maxwell, Highlands and Islands

Origin

Latin

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APA

quintagenarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintagenarian

MLA

“quintagenarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintagenarian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quintagenarian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quintagenarian.

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