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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.
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quadragenarious
quadragenarious
English
Adjective
quadragenarious (not comparable)
- (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.
- 1894, Harper's new monthly magazine: Volume 90