Friday, January 24, 2014

"quinquagenarian"

quin·qua·ge·nar·i·an   (kwngkw-j-nâr-n)
n.
A person 50 years old, or in his or her fifties.
adj.
Of or characteristic of a person in his or her fifties.

[From Latin qunqugnriuscontaining fifty, from qunqugnfifty each, from qunqugintfifty; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]

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