middlescence

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noun

The period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.

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Meanings

nounmiddlescence (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

Blend of middle age + adolescence.

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APA

middlescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middlescence

MLA

“middlescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middlescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “middlescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middlescence.

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