quadragenarious

English

Etymology

Latin quadragenarius

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.
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