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mid-sixties

mid-sixties

3.1
A time in life around sixty-five years old
  • noun
translation icon : sesenta y tantos
  • It was perfect for me except that the character description called for a man in his "mid-sixties."

Examples

  • He is enjoying his retirement in his mid-sixties, traveling to places he never had time to visit before.

  • Many people in their mid-sixties start to focus more on their health and well-being.

  • In her mid-sixties, she took up painting as a new hobby and found great joy in it.

Synonyms

sixties
vsmid-sixties
11 2.4

The time in a person's life between age 60 and 70

refers to the narrower ages about 64 to 66

How Old

mid-sixties
3.1
fiftyish
1 3.3

Surface Forms

mid-sixties singular
mid-sixties plural

Morphology

mid-sixties = sixties (transparent) = mid + sixty + s

A straightforward prefixation: 'mid-' + 'sixties' indicates the middle of the sixty-year range.

Etymology

The word mid-sixties is made of mid- meaning 'middle' and sixties meaning the years in the '60s, just like midday is the middle of the day. So mid-sixties refers to the middle years of your 60s, about age 64 to 66.