2. Adjective. About forty years old. ¹
3. Cardinal numeral. Any number close to forty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fortyish
1. being about forty years old [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortyish
Literary usage of Fortyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Living With Siva by Subramuniya (2001)
"By the time she and her husband are fortyish and in the stressful throes of male
... Mom will be fortyish and dad, too, when the children are in puberty. ..."
2. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"... in his appearance or conversation, lie is blond of beard and visage, fortyish
in years, with a goo.l eye and a pleasant voice, like most Englishmen. ..."
3. Francisco José de Caldas: A Scientist at Work in Nueva Granada by John Wilton Appel (1994)
"It seems likely then that the fortyish Caldas reasoned it was time he searched
for a mate. And so he did. The mechanics of making the match were really ..."
4. A Departure from the Script: A Novel by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (2002)
"As the younger of the two, a fortyish redhead with a figure to die for, put it, "I
hadn'ta clue to my real orientation until I met the most wonderful woman. ..."
5. The posthumous papers, facetious and fanciful, of a person lately about town by Cornelius Webbe (1828)
"... staid, and fortyish—a fop running to seed; just such a being as would have,
made Cowper's ' wheel-footed chair, wide-elbowed and wad-» ded with hair,' ..."
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