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middlescent, a. and n.|mɪd(ə)ˈlɛsənt|
[f. middle a. + -escent after adolescent n. and a.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or taking place in middle age.
B. n. A middle-aged person. Hence middˈlescence, the period of middle age.
Not current in the U.K.
1965N.Y. Times 5 Dec. iv. 10/3 Middlescence, that awkward age between youth and premature grave in which the parent undergoes alarming physical and emotional change. Ibid. 10/5 The middlescent parent is a highly emotional creature of quixotic moods. 1967Woman's Day (Sydney) 12 June 40/4 Although most middlescent romantic folly doesn't get beyond the planning or fantasy stage, there's a lot to be said for being in love, perhaps especially at 40. 1969Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 800/2 Middlescent, a middle-aged individual, esp. one who has just turned 40; middlescence. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 7 Nov. 5/1 If the corporation doesn't know how to deal with middlescence..it might find itself ‘drained of crucial managerial resources’, because the middlescent is a troubled man. |