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English
Etymology
From forty + -something.
Numeral
fortysomething
- (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 40 (inclusive) and 50 (exclusive).
- Coordinate terms: twentysomething, thirtysomething, fiftysomething, sixtysomething, seventysomething, eightysomething, ninetysomething, hundredsomething
Noun
fortysomething (countable and uncountable, plural fortysomethings)
- (countable, colloquial) A person between 40 and 49 years old.
She was a sprightly fortysomething.
2015 September 13, Euan Ferguson, “The week in TV: Doctor Foster; Beck; Ballers; Hunted; The Queen’s Longest Reign: Elizabeth and Victoria”, in The Observer:Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken-Licken time.
Synonyms
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Translations
A person between 40 and 49 years in age