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middlescence en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of middle age + adolescence.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.
    • Or was I a broken-down college professor living out a spasm of middlescence on the golden coast of Califomia? 1988, Josiah Thompson, Gumshoe: Reflections in a Private Eye, Fawcett Crest, published 1989, →ISBN, page 65: