单词 | thirtyish |
释义 | thirtyishadj. colloquial. 1. Of about thirty years of age. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age seven?1440 yearing1451 year-old1556 yeared1583 seventy1590 two-year1596 quinquagenarian1603 septuagenary1605 twelvea1616 thirty1618 three-yearling1621 one-eared1645 quadragenarious1656 trimenstruous1656 septennian1662 sexagenarian1663 sexagenary1663 octogenarya1696 seven-year-old1713 quinquagenary1715 yearling1729 septuagesimal1781 septuagenarian1793 octogenarian1818 fortyish1821 seventeen-year-old1821 three-year-old1825 week-old1826 centenarian1828 day-old1831 70-year-old1832 quadragenarian1834 century-old1836 nonagenarian1877 teenaged1913 thirtyish1925 1925 F. M. Ford No More Parades i. i. 20 A very thin man; thirtyish. 1926 A. Bennett Ld. Raingo ii. lxxi. 320 The..little thirtyish nurse. 1979 ‘J. Ross’ Rattling of Old Bones vii. 63 ‘How old was he?’ ‘Thirty-ish. Perhaps less, perhaps more.’ 2. Characteristic of or reminiscent of the 1930s; = thirty adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1962 Times 8 Mar. 16/7 Stuart Davis's hard, bright, ‘Thirtyish’ cubism. 1976 S. Hynes Auden Generation x. 355 The Berlin that their lives express..belongs to the 'thirties... And what makes it 'thirty-ish is that it can define its hell in political terms. 1978 Broadcast 20 Nov. 8/1 The decor is full of thirty-ish touches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1925 |
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