pentagenarian
pentagenarian noun: a person between 50 and 59 years old.
Noun
pentagenarian (plural pentagenarians)
- A person between 50 and 59 years old.
- The path of Youth is illumined and flooded with the sunshine of optimism, courage, and sincerity: it does not stand in need of such feeble and flickering candle-light as the musty, out-of-date “experience” of cynical and disillusioned pentagenarians and sexagenarians can provide.1934, Har Dayal, “[Ethical Culture] The Five Concentric Circles”, in Hints for Self-Culture, London: Watts & Co., […], page 277
- To pentagenarians whose dimming eyes can read this small type it may come as a surprise, indeed a shock, to learn that the household goods of their childhood and early maturity have become collectors’ items and that the very pieces they discarded only yesterday as junk are shatched up today as...1959 November, Helen Papashvily, “Holiday Handbook of 20th Century Antiques”, in Ted Patrick, editor, Holiday, volume 26, number 5, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 149
- Synonyms:
- fiftysomething, quinquagenarian
Examples of pentagenarian in a sentence
- Rule 13B totally exempted pentagenarians from passing these tests.1976 March, S. Appu Rao, editor, All India Reporter, part 747, page 526, column 1:
- I could understand why she might have felt Vicky shouldn’t have invaded turf sacred to many of Calusa’s pentagenarians, but Jesus, did she have to rip her to shreds besides?1981, Ed McBain [pseudonym; Evan Hunter], Rumpelstiltskin (Matthew Hope), New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →ISBN, page 118:
- “They have difficulty getting back into the job market, and when they do, their compensation is often significantly reduced.” / How did life get so bad for pentagenarians?2005 May 16, John Helyar, “50 and Fired”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y., →ISSN; republished in John E. Richardson, editor, Business Ethics...
- This great hole in the wall is popular with everyone from college students to youthful pentagenarians.2011, Roger Norum, Frommer’s Norway, 5th edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 341:
Synonyms of pentagenarian
Forms of pentagenarian
| plural | pentagenarians |
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Questions about pentagenarian
- What does pentagenarian mean?
- Pentagenarian means a person between 50 and 59 years old.
- How do you use pentagenarian in a sentence?
- Rule 13B totally exempted pentagenarians from passing these tests.
- What part of speech is pentagenarian?
- Pentagenarian is a noun.
- What is the plural of pentagenarian?
- The plural of pentagenarian is pentagenarians.
Words near pentagenarian in the dictionary
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