mid-agen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdˈeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˈeɪdʒ/

Forms: see mid adj. and age n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., age n.

Etymology: < mid adj. + age n. Compare earlier middle age n.

A. n.

a. = middle age n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age

middle lifec1330

middle agec1400

mid-agec1450

middle eldc1450

middle yearsc1450

meridian1607

a certain age1748

mid-life1818

middle term1839

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 171 (MED) Thynk in þi ȝouthe, in þi myd-age, & in þin age.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxi Whether thou be olde, yonge, or of myd age Set nat thy trust to moche on herytage.

a1586 R. Maitland Poems (1830) 40 Efter mid-age the luifar lyes full lang, Quhen that his hair is turnit lyart gray.

1608 O. van Veen Cupids Epist. in Emblem Bks., Epigrams, & Formal Satires, 1500–1850 109 Chyldhead, youth, mid-age, & old age is arryued. Ruled in each degree by cours of tyme and tyde.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 130 We..return back, from Midage, to Childage, again.

1841 C. Otway Sketches in Erris & Tyrawly 328 Those [men] in mid-age [were] not strong or healthy.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 52 At a time of life when youth, Nigh on departure, bids mid-age discard Life's other loves and likings.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. viii. 230 Past his mid age, is this Dumnonian sire; In council wise, and, from his youth, renowned.

1957 Population Stud. 11 111 For each year of age..the corresponding births..were reduced in accordance with survival rates to mid-age.

1988 Science 12 Feb. 766/3 Senescent loss of hippocampal neurons is prevented by adrenalectomy at mid-age.

†b. poetic. Middle-aged people collectively; a middle-aged person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

mid-age1609

middle-aged1621

middle-ager1930

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 103 Virgins, and boyes, mid-age, and wrinckled elders.

1854 Ladies' Repository Oct. 478/2 Youth calls him to stay; Mid-Age cries, ‘Hold!’

1864 G. W. Putnam in F. Moore Polit. Ballads 76 And answered promptly stalwart youth—mid-age—and hoary sire!

†2. poetic. The Middle Ages. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > the Middle Ages

the Middle Ages1605

dark ages1656

mid-age1845

moyen-age1849

1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess in Hood's Mag. Apr. 316 The Mid-Age was the Heroic Time.

3. The middle of a set or range of ages.

ΚΠ

1948 Ann. Math. Statistics 19 167 (caption) The verticals drawn in full and centered at mid-ages represent the original data.

1965 Demography 2 631/2 The adjustment involves cumulating census data..into five-year age groups with the mid-ages ending in digits 4 or 9.

1994 Internat. Family Planning Perspectives 20 72/2 Because we were speaking of an average age, not an average woman, we chose the mid-age rather than the end-age.

B. adj.

poetic. Middle-aged.

ΘΚΠ

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

middle-aged1536

mid-aged1556

middling1610

mid-age1845

medieval1848

mid-life1858

middle-ageing1882

1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides x. xvi. 307 Faust—Koster—Caxton!—not ‘the clerk’, Himself could prophesy in your own mid-age dark!

1891 W. Whitman Good-bye my Fancy 8 My life and recitative, containing birth, youth, mid-age years.

1993 A. Waldeman Iovis 177 I will descend to meet the mid-age hag, wrinkled 'eld.

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

单词	mid-age
释义	mid-agen.adj. Brit. /ˌmɪdˈeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈeɪdʒ/ Forms: see mid adj. and age n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., age n. Etymology: < mid adj. + age n. Compare earlier middle age n. A. n. 1. a. = middle age n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age middle lifec1330 middle agec1400 mid-agec1450 middle eldc1450 middle yearsc1450 meridian1607 a certain age1748 mid-life1818 middle term1839 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 171 (MED) Thynk in þi ȝouthe, in þi myd-age, & in þin age. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxi Whether thou be olde, yonge, or of myd age Set nat thy trust to moche on herytage. a1586 R. Maitland Poems (1830) 40 Efter mid-age the luifar lyes full lang, Quhen that his hair is turnit lyart gray. 1608 O. van Veen Cupids Epist. in Emblem Bks., Epigrams, & Formal Satires, 1500–1850 109 Chyldhead, youth, mid-age, & old age is arryued. Ruled in each degree by cours of tyme and tyde. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 130 We..return back, from Midage, to Childage, again. 1841 C. Otway Sketches in Erris & Tyrawly 328 Those [men] in mid-age [were] not strong or healthy. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 52 At a time of life when youth, Nigh on departure, bids mid-age discard Life's other loves and likings. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. viii. 230 Past his mid age, is this Dumnonian sire; In council wise, and, from his youth, renowned. 1957 Population Stud. 11 111 For each year of age..the corresponding births..were reduced in accordance with survival rates to mid-age. 1988 Science 12 Feb. 766/3 Senescent loss of hippocampal neurons is prevented by adrenalectomy at mid-age. †b. poetic. Middle-aged people collectively; a middle-aged person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] mid-age1609 middle-aged1621 middle-ager1930 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 103 Virgins, and boyes, mid-age, and wrinckled elders. 1854 Ladies' Repository Oct. 478/2 Youth calls him to stay; Mid-Age cries, ‘Hold!’ 1864 G. W. Putnam in F. Moore Polit. Ballads 76 And answered promptly stalwart youth—mid-age—and hoary sire! †2. poetic. The Middle Ages. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > the Middle Ages the Middle Ages1605 dark ages1656 mid-age1845 moyen-age1849 1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess in Hood's Mag. Apr. 316 The Mid-Age was the Heroic Time. 3. The middle of a set or range of ages. ΚΠ 1948 Ann. Math. Statistics 19 167 (caption) The verticals drawn in full and centered at mid-ages represent the original data. 1965 Demography 2 631/2 The adjustment involves cumulating census data..into five-year age groups with the mid-ages ending in digits 4 or 9. 1994 Internat. Family Planning Perspectives 20 72/2 Because we were speaking of an average age, not an average woman, we chose the mid-age rather than the end-age. B. adj. poetic. Middle-aged. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [adjective] middle-aged1536 mid-aged1556 middling1610 mid-age1845 medieval1848 mid-life1858 middle-ageing1882 1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides x. xvi. 307 Faust—Koster—Caxton!—not ‘the clerk’, Himself could prophesy in your own mid-age dark! 1891 W. Whitman Good-bye my Fancy 8 My life and recitative, containing birth, youth, mid-age years. 1993 A. Waldeman Iovis 177 I will descend to meet the mid-age hag, wrinkled 'eld. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1450
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