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quinquagenary, n. and a.|kwɪnˈkwædʒɪnərɪ|
[ad. L. quinquāgēnāri-us consisting of fifty, fifty years old, captain of fifty, f. quinquāgēnī, distrib. of quinquāgintā fifty: cf. F. quinquagénaire.]
A. n.
†1. = quinquagenarian n. 1. Obs. rare.
1382Wyclif Deut. i. 15, I haue ordeynd hem..tribunes, and centuriouns, and quynquagenaryes. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 59/2 Moyses..ordeyned them..tribunes Centuriones quinquagenaries.
2. A fiftieth year or anniversary.
1588J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 25 The Quinquagenarie, or 50 yeere,..termed the yeere of Iubilee. 1894Westm. Gaz. 28 June 2/2 Rossall, which has been celebrating its jubilee—not a quingentenary like Winchester, but a modest quinquagenary.
B. adj. = quinquagenarian a. 2.
1715tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. I. iv. viii. 171 The Servant of Claudius, had in his Time a Quinquagenary Charger, which was valu'd at 5000 Crowns. 1829Bentham Let. to O'Connell 10 Nov., Wks. 1843 XI. 28 My dear quinquagenary child shall never more be thus tormented by..his octogenary..guardian. |