Middlescence

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence. uncountable

    "Or was I a broken-down college professor living out a spasm of middlescence on the golden coast of Califomia?"

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"Or was I a broken-down college professor living out a spasm of middlescence on the golden coast of Califomia?"

Etymology

Blend of middle age + adolescence.

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middle age

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