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midcentury

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From mid- +‎ century.

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midcentury (not comparable)

  1. Occurring around the middle of the century.
    midcentury modern
    This midcentury masterpiece was overlooked at the time it was created.
    • 2015 November 24, Troy Patterson, “The Winter Hat Trick”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
      Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-­century body spray.