Middle-aged

//ˌmɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒd// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young. not-comparable

    "The person of interest is a middle-aged man seen acting strangely in the security camera's video."

  2. 2
    Characteristic of middle-aged people. comparable

    "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."

  3. 3
    Belonging to the Middle Ages; medieval. not-comparable, obsolete

    "The reading and perusing of middle-ag’d Antiquities."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being roughly between 45 and 65 years old wordnet

Synonyms

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matronlymidaged

Example

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"The middle-aged women kept talking loudly all the way."

Related phrases

middle-agedness

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