Dictionary

middle-aged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪdl̩ˌeɪd͡ʒd/
• /ˌmɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒd/
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Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.
   • The person of interest is a middle-aged man seen acting strangely in the security camera's video.
   • When I was a middle-aged Man. 1709, Steele, Tatler, № 77, ¶ 2:
   • The admirable M. Leibnitz, a German, but a member of the Royal Society, scarce yet middle aged. 1676, Rigaud, quoting Collins, Corr. Sci. Men, volume II, published 1841, page 453:
   • A middle-aged, grave and honourable man. 1880, G. Meredith, Tragic Com., published 1881, page 81:
   • If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet’s Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul’s Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son’s weak mind. 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:
2. (comparable) Characteristic of middle-aged people.
   • Well, perhaps that beige-on-beige color scheme may be a little middle-aged for a young artist's apartment; a little repainting won't hurt anything.
   • Cowper was really mad at intervals, but his poetry, admirable as it is in its own middle-aged way, is in need of anything rather than a strait-waistcoat. 1886, Lowell, Gray, in Latest Lit. Ess., published 1891, page 2:
   • His already almost middle-aged aspect of serene sagacity. 1887, Ruskin, Præterita, volume II, page 269:
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Belonging to the Middle Ages; medieval.
   • The English hunger bears a strong resemblance to the Spanish hambre, formed from the middle-aged Latin famina. 1845, Proc. Philol. Soc., volume II, page 145:
   • Of the modern and middle-aged Greek. 1804, Mitford, Inquiry, page 318:
   • The reading and perusing of middle-ag’d Antiquities. 1710, Hearne, Collect. (O.H.S.), volume III, page 49:

Forms

Deriveds

middle-agedness

Translations (50)

sw makamo (of or relating to middle age) · ja 中年 (of or relating to middle age) · nb middelaldrende (of or relating to middle age) · fr d'âge moyen (of or relating to middle age) · fr entre deux âges (of or relating to middle age) · az ortayaş (of or relating to middle age) · ar كَهْل (of or relating to middle age) · as আদহীয়া (of or relating to middle age) · ga meánaosta (of or relating to middle age) · uk середніх літ (of or relating to middle age) · az ortayaşlı (of or relating to middle age) · fi keski-ikäinen (of or relating to middle age) · tl talubata (of or relating to middle age) · bn মাঝবয়সী (of or relating to middle age) · eo mezaĝa (of or relating to middle age) · af middeljarig (of or relating to middle age) · ur ادھیڑ (of or relating to middle age) · de mittelalt (of or relating to middle age) · sv medelålders (of or relating to middle age) · cmn 中年的 (of or relating to middle age) · pl w średnim wieku (of or relating to middle age) · hu középkorú (of or relating to middle age) · mi taikaumātua (of or relating to middle age) · ga bunaosta (of or relating to middle age) · pt de meia-idade (of or relating to middle age) · bg на средна възраст (of or relating to middle age) · nn middelaldrande (of or relating to middle age) · pa ਅਧਖੜ (of or relating to middle age) · uk середнього віку (of or relating to middle age) · hi अधेड़ (of or relating to middle age) · ar كَهْلَة (of or relating to middle age) · az ortabab (of or relating to middle age) · sh сре̏довјечан (of or relating to middle age) · ka შუახნის (of or relating to middle age) · bn মধ্যবয়স্ক (of or relating to middle age) · ru сре́дних лет (of or relating to middle age) · as মাজবয়সীয়া (of or relating to middle age) · io mez-eva (of or relating to middle age) · pa ਅਧੇੜ (of or relating to middle age) · es de mediana edad (of or relating to middle age) · sh srȅdovječan (of or relating to middle age) · id setengah baya (of or relating to middle age) · tl balubata (of or relating to middle age) · fa میانسال (of or relating to middle age) · et keskealine (of or relating to middle age) · fr d'âge mûr (of or relating to middle age) · gl de mediana idade (of or relating to middle age) · mi taipakeke (of or relating to middle age) · de mittleren Alters (of or relating to middle age) · bn প্রৌঢ় (of or relating to middle age)