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quadragenarian, a. and n.|ˌkwɒdrədʒɪˈnɛərɪən| Also erron. quadri-. [f. L. quadrāgēnāri-us (f. quadrāgēnī distrib. of quadrāgintā forty) + -an.] a. adj. Forty years old. b. n. A person forty years of age.
1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 752 The quadrigenarians may reasonably object, that as Lord Byron only lived to seven-and-thirty, he could not be a competent judge on this matter. 1892Stevenson Vailima Lett. xix. (1895) 184 A stalwart well-oiled quadragenarian. 1897Sat. Rev. 20 Feb. 195/2 Quadrigenarian critics. So ˌquadrageˈnarious a.
1656Blount Glossogr., Quadragenarious, of or belonging to forty years. 1719Boyer Fr.-Eng. Dict., Quadragenaire, quadragenarious, forty years old. 1895Harper's Weekly Mag. Feb. 337/2 One of these plumply mellow quadrigenarious bodies. |