Dictionary

midlife en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪdlaɪf/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life English midlife From mid- + life.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.

Forms

Deriveds

midlife crisis

Translations (2)

fi keski-iän (occurring in the middle point of one's life) · id paruh baya (occurring in the middle point of one's life)

midlife en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪdlaɪf/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life English midlife From mid- + life.

Meanings

1. The middle period of one's life.
   • Twins from all the patterns of twinship experienced this emotional disaster as young adults or in their midlives. 2003, Barbara Schave Klein, Not all twins are alike: psychological profiles of twinship, page 57:
   • Now we were writing, talking, sharing bits of our lives again, glad that both of us were able to talk about our midlives (which we realized could very well have been our late lives). 2007 August 12, Curtis Pesmen, “As Survivors, We Were Closer Than Lovers”, in New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

mid-life crisis · midlifer