[1815–25; forty + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, coupon, heuristic, reamer, treadmill-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)
Examples of 'fortyish' in a sentence
fortyish
But definitely a man who had lived quite a bit of his time in America, fortyish and well-fleshed, the face a little leathery from the sun.
Innes, Hammond HIGH STAND
He's fortyish and stocky, and he has a goatee.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She was fortyish, self-confident and attractive, in a wiry, hard-bitten way.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Our fortyish pretenders to power look nearer to 30 because they belong to a fortunate generation.