† middleageismn.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: middle age n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < middle age n. + -ism suffix.
Obsolete.
1840 W. M. Thackeray in July 118/1 May we add a humble wish that this excellent painter will..not busy himself with Gothicism, middleagism?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).