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middleaged

middleaged 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 middleaged

What is middleaged the alternative spelling of?
Middleaged is the alternative spelling of middle-aged.

Words near middleaged in the dictionary

  1. middle-roaders
  2. middle-school
  3. middle-schooler
  4. middle-sized
  5. middleage
  6. middleaged
  7. middleagism
  8. middleborn
  9. middleborns
  10. Middleboro
  11. Middleborough

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