middlescence

[mid-l-es-uhns]

mid·dl·es·cence

[mid-l-es-uhns]
noun
the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.

Origin:
1960–65; blend of middle and adolescence

mid·dl·es·cent, adjective
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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