Quincentenarian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkwɪn.sɛn.təˈnɛəɹi.ən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quincentenarian is a noun meaning One who or that which is between 500 and 599 years old.
Meaning
One who or that which is between 500 and 599 years old.
Example Sentences
Upon waking, Ornaith’s thoughts went to this year’s celebrated quincentenarian, Christopher Columbus.
“The Guardians,” said Draeg, “are all quincentenarians at least. For them, we’re the Longevity Project.”[…]Her train extended back a good five meters, with two pairs of trainsweeps; a quincentenarian, at least.
In some references, he is said to have lived to be 500 years old, which may have given rise to the brief mention of a 500-year-old man here (I have found no other quincentenarians among Bacon’s or the De retardatione’s various examples of long life).
As the Impératrice stopped two or three days in the magnificent harbor of Smyrna I had good opportunity to land and make my way to the scene of Polycarp’s Martyrdom amid the colossal cypresses which outdo all those of Italy, except the quincentenarians in the Giusti garden in Verona.
Word Forms
- quincentenarians
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quintagenarian, quinquagenarian, genarian, sexagenarian, septuagenarian, seventysomething.
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