middle-aged
/ˌmɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.
adj
Characteristic of middle-aged people.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "When I was a middle-aged Man."
- "If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet’s Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul’s Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son’s weak mind."
- "A middle-aged, grave and honourable man."
- "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."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more middle-aged (comparative)
most middle-aged (superlative)
middleaged (alternative)
middle aged (alternative, obsolete)
middle-ag’d (alternative, obsolete)