fortyish
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Definition of fortyish
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Close to the number forty
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adj
- Close to the number forty
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About forty years old.
“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.”
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Any number close to forty.
“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.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz Old English fēowertiġ Middle English fourti English forty Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English fortyish From forty + -ish.
Words you can make from fortyish
145 playable · top: FROTHY (15 pts)
Best play frothy 15 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
34 words- FISHY 14 pts
- FIRTH 11 pts
- FORTH 11 pts
- FORTY 11 pts
- FRITH 11 pts
- FROSH 11 pts
- FROTH 11 pts
- HORSY 11 pts
- SHIFT 11 pts
- SOFTY 11 pts
- YIRTH 11 pts
- FIRST 8 pts
- FOIST 8 pts
- FORTS 8 pts
- FRITS 8 pts
- FROST 8 pts
- HOIST 8 pts
- HORST 8 pts
- RIFTS 8 pts
- ROSHI 8 pts
- RYOTS 8 pts
- SHIRT 8 pts
- SHORT 8 pts
- STORY 8 pts
- STROY 8 pts
- TROYS 8 pts
- TYROS 8 pts
- RIOTS 5 pts
- ROSTI 5 pts
- ROTIS 5 pts
- TIROS 5 pts
- TORSI 5 pts
- TRIOS 5 pts
- TROIS 5 pts
4-letter words
44 words- FISH 10 pts
- FOYS 10 pts
- HOYS 10 pts
- FIRS 7 pts
- FIST 7 pts
- FITS 7 pts
- FORT 7 pts
- FRIT 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- HOST 7 pts
- HOTS 7 pts
- RHOS 7 pts
- RIFS 7 pts
- RIFT 7 pts
- ROSY 7 pts
- RYOT 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SHOT 7 pts
- SHRI 7 pts
- SIFT 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- SOFT 7 pts
- SOTH 7 pts
- THIO 7 pts
- THIR 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- THRO 7 pts
- TORY 7 pts
- TOSH 7 pts
- TOYS 7 pts
- TROY 7 pts
- TYRO 7 pts
- ORTS 4 pts
- RIOT 4 pts
- ROTI 4 pts
- ROTS 4 pts
- SORI 4 pts
- SORT 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TIRO 4 pts
- TORI 4 pts
- TORS 4 pts
- TRIO 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- FOH 9 pts
- FOY 9 pts
- FRY 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- SHY 9 pts
- THY 9 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- IFS 6 pts
- OFT 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- STY 6 pts
- THO 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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