middle-aged

American  

[mid-l-eyjd] / ˈmɪd lˈeɪdʒd /

adjective

1. being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.

2. characteristic of or suitable for persons of this age.

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middle-aged British  

adjective

1. of, relating to, or being in the time in a person's life between youth and old age

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Other Word Forms

• middle-agedly adverb
• middle-agedness noun

Etymology

Origin of middle-aged

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The characters she plays in that show and in this film are financially cosseted but psychologically adrift, bumping along from one middle-aged frustration, or humiliation, to the next.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using machine learning models, the researchers showed that only a few days of behavioral data from middle-aged fish were enough to estimate lifespan.

From Science Daily

How could we have guessed as we sat there—two middle-aged spinsters and an old man— that in place of memories were about to be given adventures such as we had never dreamed of?

From Literature

He had taken off his suit coat, and his middle-aged paunch strained against his vest.

From Literature

Next to the bed, a penciled sketch of Theo, a middle-aged man, and an old one.

From Literature