fortyish
Americanadjective
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approaching or around the age of 40 years.
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around the number 40 or a quantity of 40.
Etymology
Origin of fortyish
Example Sentences
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In 1948, when she was 23, her hair was streaked with gray so she could play a fortyish newspaper publisher with a yen for Spencer Tracy in “State of the Union.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Last week, joined by a pastor from Fort Worth, Texas, our host spent a pleasant fortyish minutes moseying around the question of “mainstream celebrity Christian culture and how the fashion and brand-name stuff fits in.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
Naomi is a fortyish Wall Street hotshot whose specialty is bringing Silicon Valley startups public, shepherding them through the bumpy terrain along the way to their initial public offerings.
From Time ● Jul. 28, 2016
Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Pandora Halfdanarson is fortyish, an improbably successful businesswoman, stepmother to two teenagers, living in a desiccated marriage to Fletcher.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
His hair was graying slightly at the temples, with a fortyish hairline.
From Check and Checkmate by Walter M. Miller
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