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单词 quadragenarian
释义 quadragenarian, a. and n.|ˌkwɒdrədʒɪˈnɛərɪən|
Also erron. quadri-.
[f. L. quadrāgēnāri-us (f. quadrāgēnī distrib. of quadrāgintā forty) + -an.]
a. adj. Forty years old.
b. n. A person forty years of age.
1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 752 The quadrigenarians may reasonably object, that as Lord Byron only lived to seven-and-thirty, he could not be a competent judge on this matter.1892Stevenson Vailima Lett. xix. (1895) 184 A stalwart well-oiled quadragenarian.1897Sat. Rev. 20 Feb. 195/2 Quadrigenarian critics.
So ˌquadrageˈnarious a.
1656Blount Glossogr., Quadragenarious, of or belonging to forty years.1719Boyer Fr.-Eng. Dict., Quadragenaire, quadragenarious, forty years old.1895Harper's Weekly Mag. Feb. 337/2 One of these plumply mellow quadrigenarious bodies.
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