middle-ageingadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdlˈeɪdʒɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌmɪd(ə)lˈeɪdʒɪŋ/

Forms: see middle adj. and n. and ageing adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle age n., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < middle age n. + -ing suffix²; compare ageing adj.

Becoming middle-aged; characteristic of a person becoming middle-aged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [adjective]

middle-aged1536

mid-aged1556

middling1610

mid-age1845

medieval1848

mid-life1858

middle-ageing1882

1882 Longman's Mag. 1 53 Only a score of middle-aging veterans remained.

1916 E. Pound Lustra 104 With middle-ageing care I had laid out just the right books.

1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell ii. iv. 130 The job was getting him. If not the job..his own middle-ageing self.

1973 Publishers Weekly 8 Jan. 62/1 They get acquainted with a pair of middle-aging Jewish bachelor doctors.

1991 Daily Tel. 18 June 14/8 Sensible attitudes on the part of middle-ageing British models.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middle-ageing
释义	middle-ageingadj. Brit. /ˌmɪdlˈeɪdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)lˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ Forms: see middle adj. and n. and ageing adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle age n., -ing suffix². Etymology: < middle age n. + -ing suffix²; compare ageing adj. Becoming middle-aged; characteristic of a person becoming middle-aged. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [adjective] middle-aged1536 mid-aged1556 middling1610 mid-age1845 medieval1848 mid-life1858 middle-ageing1882 1882 Longman's Mag. 1 53 Only a score of middle-aging veterans remained. 1916 E. Pound Lustra 104 With middle-ageing care I had laid out just the right books. 1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell ii. iv. 130 The job was getting him. If not the job..his own middle-ageing self. 1973 Publishers Weekly 8 Jan. 62/1 They get acquainted with a pair of middle-aging Jewish bachelor doctors. 1991 Daily Tel. 18 June 14/8 Sensible attitudes on the part of middle-ageing British models. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1882
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