middle-agern.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdlˈeɪdʒə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪd(ə)lˈeɪdʒər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle age n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < middle age n. + -er suffix¹, probably after teenager n.

Chiefly U.S.

A middle-aged person.

ΘΚΠ

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

mid-age1609

middle-aged1621

middle-ager1930

1930 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 7 Jan. 4/1 The average middle-ager will decide that it is not so bad after all to be young.

1943 Public Opinion Q. 7 110 Who is going to run the world of the future? The middle-agers, who did little to save their own generation, the oldsters who thoroughly wrecked theirs, or the young people?

1956 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 July 5 (heading) America's unknown middle-agers.

1962 Punch 12 Sept. 392/3 A tough competent middleager.

1987 ‘J. Gash’ Moonspender (1988) xv. 143 The clinic sister showed me a morose, tubby middle-ager floundering in a plunge.

1999 Select Feb. 51/4 It follows the problematic lives of three middle-agers as they get caught up in infidelity, betrayal and murder.

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

单词	middle-ager
释义	middle-agern. Brit. /ˌmɪdlˈeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)lˈeɪdʒər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle age n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < middle age n. + -er suffix¹, probably after teenager n. Chiefly U.S. A middle-aged person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] mid-age1609 middle-aged1621 middle-ager1930 1930 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 7 Jan. 4/1 The average middle-ager will decide that it is not so bad after all to be young. 1943 Public Opinion Q. 7 110 Who is going to run the world of the future? The middle-agers, who did little to save their own generation, the oldsters who thoroughly wrecked theirs, or the young people? 1956 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 July 5 (heading) America's unknown middle-agers. 1962 Punch 12 Sept. 392/3 A tough competent middleager. 1987 ‘J. Gash’ Moonspender (1988) xv. 143 The clinic sister showed me a morose, tubby middle-ager floundering in a plunge. 1999 Select Feb. 51/4 It follows the problematic lives of three middle-agers as they get caught up in infidelity, betrayal and murder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930
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