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thirtyish

thirtyish

1 4.2
About thirty years old based on how someone looks
  • adjective
  • /ˈθɜrtiɪʃ/
  • Informal
translation icon : treintañero
  • An attractive, thirtyish couple, Suzy and Greg are stocking Sam's freezer with enough Ziploc meals for a month.
  • thirtyish woman
  • thirtyish man
  • thirtyish female

Examples

  • Thirtyish, dark-haired, and determined.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • A thirtyish woman who smelled of sunscreen walked over, introduced herself as Janice Gibbs, and pointed out her house three doors down.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • They're thirtyish, and they've seen a lot of houses today.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He looks around the bar and sees a woman sitting by herself, thirtyish, pretty, and receptive.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • He was thirtyish, chap-lipped, thick-fingered.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • There were two thirtyish couples aboard, having a merry old time, sunbathing, banging down brews and whatever.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Inside the nursery, Riley's mother, a curly-headed thirtyish woman, pushed the Isolette closer to the glass and mouthed the word "Okay?"

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Christina, thirtyish, yet prematurely gray since her teens, was often mistaken for Rose's elder, a fact she didn't appreciate.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • She was thirtyish and attractive, expensively dressed in a full-length fur coat and designer boots.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The slim, thirtyish man at the coffee shop was reading a newspaper.

Synonyms

thirtysomething
vsthirtyish
1 4.2

Between thirty and thirty-nine years old

focuses on appearing near thirty or in the early thirties

How Old

thirty-something
  • Informal
4 3.4
mid-thirties
1 2.8
thirtyish
  • Informal
1 4.2
mid-twenties
1 2.7

Surface Forms

thirtyish positive

Morphology

thirtyish = thirty (transparent) = thirty + ish

Formed from the numeral 'thirty' plus the productive suffix '-ish' meaning 'approximately' or 'having the quality of thirty'.

Etymology

Thirtyish comes from thirty plus the ending -ish, which means 'about' or 'like'. So when someone is called thirtyish they look 'about thirty' or are in their early thirties.