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old age

noun

Etymology

From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).

  1. inherited from olde age

Definitions

  1. The latter part of life, when one is an older adult

    The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.

    • People often become hard of hearing in old age.
    • A ripe old age.

  2. A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health…

    A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.

  3. The mainstream of Western culture, especially as existed prior to the New Age movement.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for old age. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA