fortyish
/ˈfɔː(ɹ).ti.ɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
num
Any number close to forty.
Example Sentences
- "I’m going to start a support group of us fortyish guys with this problem. LUMPS, we’ll call our group. Losing Unwanted Midriff Plumpitude Sensibly."
- "One problem it drops in our laps is to have developed all fortyish of its species within our temperate area, from the Falklands to the central temperate Andes."
- "A great many black men are Mark Lawrence's age (fortyish), height (six-two-ish), weight (one-seventy-ish), and complexion (a reddish medium brown) that hints of a childhood of freckles and umber-red hair"
- "In my day, more often than not, you had to break rank to join the very few fortyish-aged women (renegades) promoted"
- "The day was cloudy, and the temperature was about fortyish."
Etymology
Etymology tree English forty Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English fortyish From forty + -ish.
Frequently Paired Words
fortysome
fortysomething