midlife

adj
/ˈmɪdlaɪf/US

Etymology

From mid- + life.

  1. derived from *leyp- — “to stick, glue
  2. inherited from *lībą — “life, body
  3. inherited from *līb
  4. inherited from līf
  5. inherited from lyf
  6. prefixed as midlife — “mid + life

Definitions

  1. Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.

  2. The middle period of one's life.

    • Twins from all the patterns of twinship experienced this emotional disaster as young adults or in their midlives.
    • Now we were writing, talking, sharing bits of our lives again, glad that both of us were able to talk about our midlives (which we realized could very well have been our late lives).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for midlife. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA