Meanings
nounmiddlescent (plural middlescents)
plural middlescents
- informalA middle-aged person who acts more like an adolescent.
Origin
Blend of middle + adolescent.
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Rhymes with middlescent
crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantiridescentincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescent
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APA
middlescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middlescent
MLA
“middlescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middlescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “middlescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middlescent.
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