What is a Quinquagenarian?

Definition of quinquagenarian
(Entry 1 of 2) : fifty years old : characteristic of a person of such an age. quinquagenarian. noun.
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What is age 50 called?

A person between 40 and 49 is called a quadragenarian. A person between 50 and 59 is called a quinquagenarian. A person between 60 and 69 is called a sexagenarian. A person between 70 and 79 is called a septuagenarian. A person between 80 and 89 is called an octogenarian.
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What is a 60year old called?

A sexagenarian is someone in their 60s (60 to 69 years old), or someone who is 60 years old. Sexagenarian can also be used as an adjective to describe someone in their 60s, as in Our audience is mostly made up of sexagenarian women, or things related to such a person, as in I have entered my sexagenarian years.
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How do you use Quinquagenarian in a sentence?

Example: Today is my last day as a quinquagenarian—tomorrow I begin my 60s!
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What is a person in their 40s called?

Quadragenarian: Someone in his or her forties. Quinquagenarian: Someone in his or her fifties. Sexagenarian: Someone in his or her sixties. Septuagenarian: Someone in his or her seventies. Octogenarian: Someone in his or her eighties.
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What age is considered old for a woman?

They have different cognitive abilities, different physical abilities." By that definition, a typical woman in the United States is old at age 73, and a typical man at age 70, Petrow writes.
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What does 48 mean in slang?

Definitions include: First 48 is a slang way of calling someone a snitch, as seen on the TV show( first 48). Compare with Snitching.
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What are 90 year olds called?

a person who is between 80 and 89 years old is an octogenarian. a person who is between 90 and 99 years old is a nonagenarian.
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What is a 100 year old person called?

Definition of centenarian

a person who has reached the age of 100.
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What do you call a person in their 90's?

Definition of nonagenarian

: a person whose age is in the nineties.
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What is an Oxygenarian?

The word "Oxygenarian" is a play on the word "Octogenarian", which is a person who has lived at least 80 years.
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How do you say old politely?

There seems to be general agreement among experts that "elderly" and "senior citizen" and "aged" are on the outs. "Elders" has fans because it connotes respect, but, apparently, some critics think it's too much like "elderly."
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Is 70 considered elderly?

Typically, the elderly has been defined as the chronological age of 65 or older. People from 65 to 74 years old are usually considered early elderly, while those over 75 years old are referred to as late elderly.
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What do you call a single woman in her 50s?

Let's start by listing what other people call us, we women over 50 – matron, old lady, granny, biddy, old bag, crone, hag, witch, are some of the names used. There is nothing positive about these appellations. They are either neutral or negative.
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What are the golden years of life?

The senior years are the period from age fifty-one until the end of life. A number of physiological and emotional changes take place during this life stage. For example, many older adults face serious health challenges, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or dementia.
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What age is considered over the hill?

Some sites proclaim that, as soon you turn 40, you're over the hill. Apparently, forty is the average mid-point in life. Before that, you were a high-achieving young person. But after your 40th birthday, you are on the slow, irreversible decline to boring, musty old-age.
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Can a person live to be 200 years old?

Humans may be able to live for between 120 and 150 years, but no longer than this "absolute limit" on human life span, a new study suggests.
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What is a 5 year old called?

Preschoolers (3-5 years of age).
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What is a group of 20 years called?

vicennial. / (vɪˈsɛnɪəl) / adjective. occurring every 20 years. relating to or lasting for a period of 20 years.
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What is the guilty party called?

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for GUILTY PARTY [culprit]
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What does it mean to YEET?

Yeet is a slang word that functions broadly with the meaning “to throw,” but is especially used to emphasize forcefulness and a lack of concern for the thing being thrown. (You don't yeet something if you're worried that it might break.)
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What does 607 mean in a text message?

607: I Miss You.
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What does 9 mean in texting?

9 means "Parent Watching (see also 99)".
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