| Front | quinquagenarian \kwing-kwuh-juh-NAR-ee-uhn\ |
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| Back | noun A person 50 years old, or in his or her fifties. adjective Of or characteristic of a person in his or her fifties. [From Latin quinquagenarius, containing fifty, from quinquageni, fifty each, from quinquaginta, fifty.] "The quinquagenarian performer is also now talking about making his recent Madison Square Garden birthday event, benefiting Save The Children, into an annual affair." - Marilyn Beck, Rock Icon David Bowie Enjoys Return to Spotlight, Denver Rocky Mountain News, 11 Feb 1997. |
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