middle-aged

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˌmɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒd/ / /ˈmɪdl̩ˌeɪd͡ʒd/

Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.
“The person of interest is a middle-aged man seen acting strangely in the security camera's video.”
“The admirable M. Leibnitz, a German, but a member of the Royal Society, scarce yet middle aged.”
Characteristic of middle-aged people.
“Well, perhaps that beige-on-beige color scheme may be a little middle-aged for a young artist's apartment; a little repainting won't hurt anything.”
“Cowper was really mad at intervals, but his poetry, admirable as it is in its own middle-aged way, is in need of anything rather than a strait-waistcoat.”
Belonging to the Middle Ages; medieval.
“The reading and perusing of middle-ag’d Antiquities.”
“Of the modern and middle-aged Greek.”