mid-lifen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdˈlʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˈlaɪf/

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

Etymology: < mid adj. + life n. Compare earlier middle life n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a, and compare middle age n. and models and parallels cited s.v.

A. n.

The middle part of a person's life; middle age.

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

1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 116 Then up he rose, like one..Who had not from mid-life to utmost age Eas'd in one accent his o'er-burden'd soul.

1835 M. W. Shelley Lodore I. ix. 138 The lady had passed the bloom of youth, and even mid life.

1864 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 7) 480 In mid-life all the houses of the heavens, Law, science, power, faith, health, wealth, dearth, death, He suffered, well or ill.

1890 F. Tennyson Kleis xv, in Isles of Greece 366 Let me live..until memory, in the deeps of age, Loses the shape and substance of midlife, And only..Sees the green shores of Youth.

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 64/2 (advt.) The teeth loosen. Also Pyorrhea pockets breed bacteria which drain into the system and cause many organic diseases of mid-life.

1935 V. McNabb St. John Fisher 92 It was not a man in the full strength of mid-life that went into this upper room of the Bell Tower.

1952 D. Thomas In Country Sleep 16 Oh, let me midlife mourn by the shrined And druid herons' vows.

1980 N.Y. Times 29 June xxi. 9/2 It is much more common for people to seek fulfillment by changing careers in midlife than it was a generation ago.

1991 Sci. Amer. Nov. 45/3 Patients in the affected families die in the midlife from cerebral hemorrhages.

B. adj. (attributive).

In the middle period of one's life, middle-aged; of, relating to, or occurring in the middle period of a person's life. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

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

middle-aged1536

mid-aged1556

middling1610

mid-age1845

medieval1848

mid-life1858

middle-ageing1882

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxv. 95 Corded petticoats and patent mangles, long formed the staple of a mid life woman's conversation.

1897 F. B. Coffin Poems 114 This demon takes a million youths In every passing year... It takes a million mid-life men..And takes them to its wicked den.

1976 Economist 29 May 87/3 In a mid-life career break, he hit trouble trying to run a college.

1982 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. c13/2 Even when the heat of a midlife affair dulls the narrator's usual cynicism, her litany of detail lets us see the lurking bitterness that she herself ignores.

1988 New Statesman 17 June 23/1 Viewed from the midlife mark, life thus far had been a crock of shit.

1997 Car Mar. 19/1 A lot older than you think. Fundamentally unaltered since '79, though given a mid-life nip'n'tuck in '84.

Compounds

mid-life crisis n. an emotional crisis of self-confidence or identity that can occur in early middle age, associated with the idea that one is growing old or that life is passing one by; also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

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

mid-life crisis1965

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of > experienced in middle age

mid-life crisis1965

1965 E. Jaques in Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 46 502/1 Less familiar perhaps, though nonetheless real, are the crises which occur around the age of 35—which I shall term the mid-life crisis—and at full maturity around the age of 65.

1972 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. iv. 10/3 There is a marked increase in the death rate between the ages of 35 to 40 for employed men, apparently as a result of this ‘mid-life crisis’.

1986 J. Thompson Half Way 11 I am now middle-aged, and can begin to look back on what was for me a midlife crisis.

1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Jan. 38/3 Japan's near-term future has all the makings of a full-blown midlife crisis.

2004 D. A. Westbrook City of Gold vii. 129 Midlife crises are more than volatile efforts men make to deny an existential realization of their own mortality.

Derivatives

ˌmid-ˈlifer n.

ΚΠ

1979 Newsweek (Nexis) 18 June 76 On campuses acroos the nation,..mid-lifers gather to trade lies, longings and judiciously abridged life histories.

1987 Daily Sun (Brisbane) 1 Mar. 12/4 Midlifers are a potent force, controlling about half the nation's discretionary income.

1993 Washington Post 12 Dec. h1/2 Those sedans primarily are bought by mid-lifers and senior citizens and hold no promise for attracting a younger crowd.

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

单词	mid-life
释义	mid-lifen.adj. Brit. /ˌmɪdˈlʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈlaɪf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., life n. Etymology: < mid adj. + life n. Compare earlier middle life n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a, and compare middle age n. and models and parallels cited s.v. A. n. The middle part of a person's life; middle age. 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 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 116 Then up he rose, like one..Who had not from mid-life to utmost age Eas'd in one accent his o'er-burden'd soul. 1835 M. W. Shelley Lodore I. ix. 138 The lady had passed the bloom of youth, and even mid life. 1864 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 7) 480 In mid-life all the houses of the heavens, Law, science, power, faith, health, wealth, dearth, death, He suffered, well or ill. 1890 F. Tennyson Kleis xv, in Isles of Greece 366 Let me live..until memory, in the deeps of age, Loses the shape and substance of midlife, And only..Sees the green shores of Youth. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 64/2 (advt.) The teeth loosen. Also Pyorrhea pockets breed bacteria which drain into the system and cause many organic diseases of mid-life. 1935 V. McNabb St. John Fisher 92 It was not a man in the full strength of mid-life that went into this upper room of the Bell Tower. 1952 D. Thomas In Country Sleep 16 Oh, let me midlife mourn by the shrined And druid herons' vows. 1980 N.Y. Times 29 June xxi. 9/2 It is much more common for people to seek fulfillment by changing careers in midlife than it was a generation ago. 1991 Sci. Amer. Nov. 45/3 Patients in the affected families die in the midlife from cerebral hemorrhages. B. adj. (attributive). In the middle period of one's life, middle-aged; of, relating to, or occurring in the middle period of a person's life. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [adjective] middle-aged1536 mid-aged1556 middling1610 mid-age1845 medieval1848 mid-life1858 middle-ageing1882 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxv. 95 Corded petticoats and patent mangles, long formed the staple of a mid life woman's conversation. 1897 F. B. Coffin Poems 114 This demon takes a million youths In every passing year... It takes a million mid-life men..And takes them to its wicked den. 1976 Economist 29 May 87/3 In a mid-life career break, he hit trouble trying to run a college. 1982 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. c13/2 Even when the heat of a midlife affair dulls the narrator's usual cynicism, her litany of detail lets us see the lurking bitterness that she herself ignores. 1988 New Statesman 17 June 23/1 Viewed from the midlife mark, life thus far had been a crock of shit. 1997 Car Mar. 19/1 A lot older than you think. Fundamentally unaltered since '79, though given a mid-life nip'n'tuck in '84. Compounds mid-life crisis n. an emotional crisis of self-confidence or identity that can occur in early middle age, associated with the idea that one is growing old or that life is passing one by; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age > emotional crisis mid-life crisis1965 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of > experienced in middle age mid-life crisis1965 1965 E. Jaques in Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 46 502/1 Less familiar perhaps, though nonetheless real, are the crises which occur around the age of 35—which I shall term the mid-life crisis—and at full maturity around the age of 65. 1972 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. iv. 10/3 There is a marked increase in the death rate between the ages of 35 to 40 for employed men, apparently as a result of this ‘mid-life crisis’. 1986 J. Thompson Half Way 11 I am now middle-aged, and can begin to look back on what was for me a midlife crisis. 1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Jan. 38/3 Japan's near-term future has all the makings of a full-blown midlife crisis. 2004 D. A. Westbrook City of Gold vii. 129 Midlife crises are more than volatile efforts men make to deny an existential realization of their own mortality. Derivatives ˌmid-ˈlifer n. ΚΠ 1979 Newsweek (Nexis) 18 June 76 On campuses acroos the nation,..mid-lifers gather to trade lies, longings and judiciously abridged life histories. 1987 Daily Sun (Brisbane) 1 Mar. 12/4 Midlifers are a potent force, controlling about half the nation's discretionary income. 1993 Washington Post 12 Dec. h1/2 Those sedans primarily are bought by mid-lifers and senior citizens and hold no promise for attracting a younger crowd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1818
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