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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadragenarious

Quadˊra-ge-na′ri-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
quadragenarius
, fr.
qyadrageni
forty each.]
Consisting of forty; forty years old.

Definition 2024


quadragenarious

quadragenarious

English

Adjective

quadragenarious (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Forty years old.
    • 1894, Harper's new monthly magazine: Volume 90
      ...cutting out valiantly from under the guns of a dozen rivals some stout buxom widow suited to his estate and to his medium years — one of those plumply mellow quadrigenarious bodies who especially appeal to the vigorous and well-salted emotion which with sailor-men stands for love...
    • 1903, The Christian work and the evangelist: Volume 75
      This is doubtless the reason who[sic] our quadragenarious friends sometimes surprise us with their matrimonial ventures.