† cinquantern.

Forms: Also 1600s sincaunter, sinkanter, cinque-cater, cinque-and-quater, 1700s cincater, cinquater.

Etymology: apparently < French cinquante fifty: but in certain uses, it seems to have been associated with cinque at dice.

Obsolete.

1. A man of fifty; an old stager.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun]

one-year-old?1609

cinquanter1611

sexagenariana1646

septuagene1657

quintagenarian1687

threescore1721

septuagenarian1744

centenarian1747

seven-year-old1762

septuagenary1792

centenary1800

nonagenarian1804

sexagenary1814

octogenarian1815

nine-year-old1828

octogenary1828

semi-centenarian1828

quinquagenarian1830

quadragenarian1839

seventeen-year-old1858

70-year-old1870

twenty-firster1912

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rocard, a hoarse mouldichaps, an ouer~worne sincaunter, one that can neither whinnie, nor wag the taile.

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 158 This is a very pleasing speech to some old Cinque-Caters.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 173 Take pity, prithee, Upon a poor old Cinque and Quater, Had paid for playing the Creator.

1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cincater, Cinquater, a Man aged Fifty Years.

2. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 410 He would coniure you into a boote, or into a bench-hole for your labour, like a sawcy Sinckanter.

a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3058 One Volanerius an old Sinkanter or Gamester and Scurrilous Companion by profession.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cinquanter
释义	† cinquantern. Forms: Also 1600s sincaunter, sinkanter, cinque-cater, cinque-and-quater, 1700s cincater, cinquater. Etymology: apparently < French cinquante fifty: but in certain uses, it seems to have been associated with cinque at dice. Obsolete. 1. A man of fifty; an old stager. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun] one-year-old?1609 cinquanter1611 sexagenariana1646 septuagene1657 quintagenarian1687 threescore1721 septuagenarian1744 centenarian1747 seven-year-old1762 septuagenary1792 centenary1800 nonagenarian1804 sexagenary1814 octogenarian1815 nine-year-old1828 octogenary1828 semi-centenarian1828 quinquagenarian1830 quadragenarian1839 seventeen-year-old1858 70-year-old1870 twenty-firster1912 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rocard, a hoarse mouldichaps, an ouer~worne sincaunter, one that can neither whinnie, nor wag the taile. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 158 This is a very pleasing speech to some old Cinque-Caters. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 173 Take pity, prithee, Upon a poor old Cinque and Quater, Had paid for playing the Creator. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cincater, Cinquater, a Man aged Fifty Years. 2. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 410 He would coniure you into a boote, or into a bench-hole for your labour, like a sawcy Sinckanter. a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3058 One Volanerius an old Sinkanter or Gamester and Scurrilous Companion by profession. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1611
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