See Also: life(dictionary)
sex life(dictionary)
pro-life(dictionary)
low life(dictionary)
Useful life(finance)
mean life(encyclopedia)
Life(encyclopedia)
mid-life(dictionary)
low-life(dictionary)
Life(money)

muzz (iou) and mid-life (iou)


muzz (iou)



muzz verb & noun. M18.
[Origin uncertain: cf. MUG verb5, MUZZLE verb2, MUZZY.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Study intently, work hard over a book etc. slang. M18.
verb trans. Make confused or muzzy, fuddle. colloq. L18.
G. Black Drugs don't seem to have muzzed you.
b. noun.
A person who studies intently. slang. L18.
A state of mental confusion; muddle, blur. colloq. M19.
muzzed adjective (colloq.) fuddled; spec. drunk, intoxicated: L18.

mid-life (iou)



mid-life noun & adjective. Orig. US. L19.
[from MID adjective + LIFE noun.]
A. noun. Middle age; the period between youth and old age. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Existing or occurring in mid-life; middle-aged. M20.
mid-life crisis a crisis of confidence or identity occurring in mid-life, characterized by the feeling that one is growing old or that life is passing one by.