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oldness

noun
/ˈəʊldnəs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English oldnesse, from Old English ealdnes, ealdnyss (“oldness; age”), equivalent to old + -ness.

  1. inherited from ealdnes
  2. inherited from oldnesse

Definitions

  1. The state of being old

    The state of being old; age.

    • This policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them.
    • But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oldness. 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