| middle age n. The time of human life between youth and old age, usually reckoned as the years between 40 and 60. Also called midlife. |
mid·life (mĭd'līf') n. pl. mid·lives (-līvz') See middle age. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of middle age: "a midlife lull when it was feared he was finished" (Curtis Wilkie). mid'lif'er n. |
midlife mid·life (mĭd'līf')
n.
See middle age. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of middle age.