Meaning & use
Quinquagenarian
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A person who is between fifty and fifty-nine years old.
See it in a sentence
As a newly minted quinquagenarian, she decided to celebrate by running her first marathon.
The reunion was full of quinquagenarians reminiscing about their college days decades earlier.
A note on using this word
The word follows a pattern shared with "octogenarian" and "nonagenarian," all built from Latin number roots plus "-genarian."
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Being between fifty and fifty-nine years old.
Her quinquagenarian uncle still competes in triathlons.
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