单词 | quinquagenary |
释义 | quinquagenaryn.adj. rare. A. n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 50 quinquagenarya1382 pentecontarchc1384 synkquatener1523 quinquagenarian1569 penteconter1623 pentecoster1808 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. i. 15 Y haue ordeynd hem..trybunys & Centurionys & quynquagenaryes [L. quinquagenarios]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 59/2 Moyses..ordeyned them..tribunes Centuriones quinquagenaries. 2. A fiftieth anniversary; the celebration of such an anniversary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 25 The Quinquagenarie, or 50 yeere,..termed the yeere of Iubilee. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 28 June 2/2 Rossall, which has been celebrating its jubilee—not a quingentenary like Winchester, but a modest quinquagenary. 1937 R. L. Stokes Leon Blum i. 4 Here was to be found an exposition commemorating the quinquagenary of Symbolism. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. ii. 9/1 I discovered that it was the restaurant's quinquagenary. B. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age seven?1440 yearing1451 year-old1556 yeared1583 seventy1590 two-year1596 quinquagenarian1603 septuagenary1605 twelvea1616 thirty1618 three-yearling1621 one-eared1645 quadragenarious1656 trimenstruous1656 septennian1662 sexagenarian1663 sexagenary1663 octogenarya1696 seven-year-old1713 quinquagenary1715 yearling1729 septuagesimal1781 septuagenarian1793 octogenarian1818 fortyish1821 seventeen-year-old1821 three-year-old1825 week-old1826 centenarian1828 day-old1831 70-year-old1832 quadragenarian1834 century-old1836 nonagenarian1877 teenaged1913 thirtyish1925 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. iv. viii. 171 The Servant of Claudius, had in his Time a Quinquagenary Charger, which was valu'd at 5000 Crowns. 1829 J. Bentham Let. to O'Connell 10 Nov. in Wks. (1843) XI. 28 My dear quinquagenary child shall never more be thus tormented by..his octogenary..guardian. 1896 K. P. Wormeley tr. H. de Balzac Modeste Mignon in Comédie Humaine III. xxv. 310 The moment she had read the answer, rather too explicit for her quinquagenary vanity, she sent for the banker. 2. Of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [adjective] > of a specific anniversary jubilar1613 centenary1620 jubilean1624 centenarious1727 tercentenary1844 semi-centennial1859 quatercentenary1877 quincentenary1878 tricentenary1882 tricentennial1883 quincentennial1884 quingentenary1884 tercentennial1884 octocentenary1888 octocentennial1889 septcentenary1889 quinquagenary1933 quatercentennial1937 quasquicentennial1962 1933 Isis 19 277 Jubilee quinquagenary celebration. 1970 World Archaeol. 2 160 His quinquagenary summary of the new sub-discipline. 2005 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 10 Mar. 29 The organizers of the city's 49th St. Patrick's Day Parade..face a particular challenge. They must make this one memorable while still anticipating the coming quinquagenary event. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1382 |
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