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

Example Sentences

The FDA called for the removal of its strongest warning on hormone treatments, which were once commonly prescribed to combat declining estrogen levels in middle-aged women.

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Moving back to L.A. as a middle-aged married woman felt like reconnecting with an ex with whom things ended badly.

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They were a handsome middle-aged couple, very prosperous looking.

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To Penelope, Dr. Westminster had always seemed neither old nor young, but permanently middle-aged.

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Without question, then, in a race between an ostrich, a wolf, a racehorse, and a middle-aged housekeeper in tip-top shape, the smart money would be on the ostrich.

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