Pronounced: BOOSH-wah (alt: BOOSH-waw), noun
Notes: I’ve not run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word middlescence means “the middle-age period of life”
First usage
This word came into usage in the 1960s
Background / Comments
Our word was patterned after adolescence (which came into usage in the early 1400s). Knowing that, the word now makes sense.
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