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quin⋅qua⋅ge⋅nar⋅i⋅an

  [kwing-kwuh-juh-nair-ee-uhn, kwin-]
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–adjective
1. 50 years of age.
2. between the ages of 50 and 60.
–noun
3. a person who is 50 years old or whose age is between 50 and 60.
Origin:
1560–70; < L quīnquāgēnāri(us) (see quinquagenary ) + -an
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quin·qua·ge·nar·i·an   (kwĭng'kwə-jə-nâr'ē-ən)   
n.  A person 50 years old, or in his or her fifties.
adj.  Of or characteristic of a person in his or her fifties.

[From Latin quīnquāgēnārius, containing fifty, from quīnquāgēnī, fifty each, from quīnquāgintā, fifty; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
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