Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortysomething

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: fortysome-thing
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

An indeterminate value between 40 (inclusive) and 50 (exclusive).

Colloquial

noun

A person between 40 and 49 years old.

Colloquial; Countable

Example Sentences

"She was a sprightly fortysomething."
"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."

Etymology

From forty + -something.

Usage

Inflected Forms

forty-something (alternative) fortysomethings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

twentysomething thirtysomething fiftysomething sixtysomething seventysomething eightysomething ninetysomething hundredsomething

Synonyms

quadragenarian

Questions

What does fortysomething mean?: An indeterminate value between 40 (inclusive) and 50 (exclusive).
Where does fortysomething come from?: From forty + -something.

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