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middlescence

middlescence noun: the period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.

Noun

middlescence (uncountable)

  1. The period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.
    • Or was I a broken-down college professor living out a spasm of middlescence on the golden coast of Califomia?1988, Josiah Thompson, Gumshoe: Reflections in a Private Eye, Fawcett Crest, published 1989, →ISBN, page 65

Origin of middlescence

Blend of middle age + adolescence.

Questions about middlescence

What does middlescence mean?
Middlescence means the period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.
What part of speech is middlescence?
Middlescence is a noun.

Words near middlescence in the dictionary

  1. middlers
  2. middles
  3. middles of nowhere
  4. Middlesbro
  5. Middlesbrough
  6. middlescence
  7. middlescent
  8. middlescents
  9. middleschool
  10. middleschooler
  11. Middlesex

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