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单词 mid-age
释义 mid-age Obs.
[f. mid a. + age n.]
= middle age.
c1440Jacob's Well 171 Thynk in þi ȝouthe, in þi myd-age, & in þin age,.. how þou hast mysspendyd hem in synne & in euyll gouernaunce.1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) II. 172 Whether thou be olde, yonge, or of myd age Set nat thy trust to moche on herytage.1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. ii. 104 Virgins, and Boyes, mid-age & wrinkled old.1757E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) IV. 130 We..return back, from Midage, to Childage, again.
Hence mid-aged = middle-aged.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xxxvi. 14 Frosen to death: midaged, yonge, and olde.1821Sir J. D. Paul Rouge et Noir 69 Now mark his mid-aged neighbour.
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