quadragenarious

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From Latin quadrāgēnārius (containing 40), either directly or via French quadragénaire, from Latin quadrāgēnus (40 each) + -ārius (-ary), from quadrāgintā (four tens, forty). Cognate with quadragenarian, quadragenary, and quadragene.

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quadragenarious (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
    • 1894, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 90:
      ...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...
    • 1903, The Christian Work and the Evangelist, volume 75:
      This is doubtless the reason who[sic] our quadragenarious friends sometimes surprise us with their matrimonial ventures.

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