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middle-ag'd

middle-ag'd is the obsolete spelling of middle-aged.

Meaning of middle-aged

Adjective

middle-aged (comparative more middle-aged, superlative most middle-aged)

  1. (not comparable) 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.
  2. (comparable) 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.
  3. (not comparable, obsolete) Belonging to the Middle Ages; medieval.
    • The reading and perusing of middle-ag’d Antiquities.1710, Hearne, Collect. (O.H.S.), volume III, page 49

Questions about middle-ag'd

What is middle-ag'd the obsolete spelling of?
Middle-ag'd is the obsolete spelling of middle-aged.

Words near middle-ag'd in the dictionary

  1. middle ways
  2. Middle Welsh
  3. Middle West
  4. Middle White
  5. middle youth
  6. middle-ag'd
  7. middle-age
  8. middle-age spread
  9. middle-age spreads
  10. middle-aged
  11. middle-agedness

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