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thirtyish, a. colloq.|ˈθɜːtɪɪʃ|
[f. thirty a. + -ish1 4.]
1. Of about thirty years of age.
1925F. M. Ford No More Parades i. i. 20 A very thin man; thirtyish. 1926A. Bennett Lord Raingo ii. lxxi. 320 The..little thirtyish nurse. 1979‘J. Ross’ Rattling of Old Bones vii. 63 ‘How old was he?’ ‘Thirty-ish. Perhaps less, perhaps more.’
2. Characteristic of or reminiscent of the 1930s; = thirty n. 2 b.
1962Times 8 Mar. 16/7 Stuart Davis's hard, bright, ‘Thirtyish’ cubism. 1976S. Hynes Auden Generation x. 355 The Berlin that their lives express..belongs to the 'thirties... And what makes it 'thirty-ish is that it can define its hell in political terms. 1978Broadcast 20 Nov. 8/1 The decor is full of thirty-ish touches. |