Definition of Forty-nine

1. Adjective. Being nine more than forty.

Exact synonyms: 49, Il
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Forty-nine

1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following forty-eight and preceding fifty. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-nine

fortunetellers
fortunetelling
fortuning
fortunize
forty
forty-eight
forty-eighth
forty-eightmo
forty-fifth
forty-first
forty-firsts
forty-five
forty-four
forty-fourth
forty-leven
forty-nine (current term)
forty-niner
forty-ninth
forty-ninth parallel
forty-one
forty-oneth
forty-second
forty-seven
forty-seventh
forty-six
forty-sixth
forty-spot
forty-spots
forty-third
forty-three

Literary usage of Forty-nine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1902)
"The numbers from forty-one to forty-nine are just the same in their relations ... forty-nine is just as much higher than thirty-nine as forty is higher than ..."

2. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Avery Lomax (1918)
"THE FOOLS OF forty-nine WHEN gold was found in forty-eight the people thought 'twas gas, And some were fools enough to think the lumps were only ..."

3. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"... one hundred forty-seven, one hundred forty-eight, one hundred forty-nine, one hundred fifty-one, one hundred fifty-three, one hundred fifty-four, ..."

4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"For all in his bloom he went up the Flume In the Days of 'Forty-Nine. ... Saying "There goes Tom Moore, a Bummer, sure, From the Days of "Forty-Nine. ..."

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