The Question:Is there a word that designates a fiftieth anniversary in the same way that sesquicentennial means a 150th? The Answer:Semicentennial generally denotes a 50th anniversary (or describes events or objects pertaining to it). A synonymous, though slightly less mellifluous, noun is quinquagenary. Some other words along these lines are quinquennial (pertaining to a fifth anniversary, or a period of five years), quindecennial (15th aniversary), vigentennial (20th), and quasquicentennial (125th). —The Fact Monster Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. |