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middle aged

middle aged is the alternative 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 aged

What is middle aged the alternative spelling of?
Middle aged is the alternative spelling of middle-aged.

Words near middle aged in the dictionary

  1. midding
  2. middings
  3. middish
  4. middle
  5. middle age
  6. middle aged
  7. middle ages
  8. middle aisle
  9. Middle America
  10. Middle American
  11. Middle Americanist

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