sixtyish

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/ˈsɪkstiɪʃ/

adjective

Of about sixty years of age.

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Meanings

adjectivesixtyish (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableOf about sixty years of age.

    The role of Alma Millet, a sour sixty-ish sexless widow, offers Carol a chance to shed the bright-eyed and brainless image that served her so well in the past.

    1976 December 11, Don Shewey, “Bed, Fox and Fiddler: Stars in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 15

Origin

From sixty + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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