middle-aged

adjective

1

a

: being in the period of life from about 45 to 64 years of age

middle-aged men

b

: of, relating to, or characteristic of middle-aged persons

middle-aged love

—Michael Arlen

2

a

of a thing : having existed longer than things of the same type and group commonly or conventionally regarded as new

b

: of, relating to, or characteristic of such things

3

[the middle age + English -ed] obsolete : medieval

middle-agedly

¦⸗⸗¦ājə̇dlē, 

-jd-

adverb

middleagedness

-jə̇dnə̇s, 

-j(d)n-

noun

plural -es

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