quadragenarious

• quadrigenarious (obs.)

Learned borrowing from Latin quadrāgēnārius (“containing 40”), either directly or via French quadragénaire, from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Doublet of quadragenarian, quadragenary, and quadragene.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɒd.ɹə.d͡ʒɪˈnɛə.ɹɪəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɑd.ɹə.d͡ʒɪˈnɛ.ɹiəs/
• Hyphenation: quad‧ra‧ge‧na‧rious

quadragenarious (not comparable)

1. (rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
   • 1894, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 90:

     […] cutting out valiantly from under the guns of a dozen rivals some stout buxom widow suited to his estate and to his medium years — one of those plumply mellow quadrigenarious bodies who especially appeal to the vigorous and well-salted emotion which with sailor-men stands for love […]

   • 1903, The Christian Work and the Evangelist, volume 75:

     This is doubtless the reason who^[sic] our quadragenarious friends sometimes surprise us with their matrimonial ventures.

   • 2002, Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, volume 22:

     He signed the letter "Canis Quadragenarious" (Forty-year-old Dog).

• “quadragenarious, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.