English Explanatory Dictionary

of a certain age

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Middle-aged or older.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, certain, age: belonging to some particular specified age range.

Word forms

of a certain age

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of French d'un certain âge.

Synonyms

getting on in years on in years long in the tooth older senior elderly geriatric

Related words

time of life
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