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quinquagenary
[ kwin-kwah-juh-ner-ee, kwing- ]
noun
plural quinquagenaries.
- a 50th anniversary.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of quinquagenary1
1580–90; < Latin ±ç³ÜÄ«²Ô±ç³ÜÄ岵ŧ²ÔÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ containing fifty, equivalent to ±ç³ÜÄ«²Ô±ç³ÜÄ岵ŧ²Ô ( Ä« ) fifty each + -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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Terribly anxious for the last two weeks, and wounded by Melchior's silence, the duchess herself dictated Philoxene's letter to her cousin, and the moment she had read the answer, rather too explicit for her quinquagenary vanity, she sent for the banker and made close inquiries as to the exact fortune of Monsieur Mignon.
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