middle-aged

[mid-l-eyjd]

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.

middle-aged

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• middle-agedly adverb
• middle-agedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of middle-aged¹

First recorded in 1600–10