Definitions For Quadragenarian

Adjective

(not comparable) Of or related to fortysomethings. : {{coordinate terms, en, vicenarian, tricenarian, quinquagenarian, semicentenarian, hexagenerian, sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, supercentenarian}}

Synonyms

quadragenary, quadragenarious

Translations

Bulgarian: 40 годишен Hungarian: negyvenes (éveiben járó), negyven-valahány, valahány éves, negyvenedik születésnapját betöltött

Noun

QUADRAGENARIAN (plural QUADRAGENARIANs) {{synonym of, en, fortysomething}}: a person between 40 and 49 years old.

Coordinate terms

vicenarian tricenarian quinquagenarian sexagenarian septuagenarian octogenarian nonagenarian centenarian supercentenarian

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, quadrāgēnārius, , containing 40}} + -an, either directly or via {{der, en, fr, quadragénaire}}, from {{der, en, la, quadrāgēnī, , 40 each}} + -ārius, , -ary, from quadrāgintā, , four tens, forty. Cognate with quadragenary, quadragenarious, and quadragene.