year-old

adj

Etymology

The combining form -year-old dates from Middle English (ȝeer old(e), yeer old(e), yere old(e)).

Definitions

  1. Of the age of one year.

    • He bought a year-old car.
  2. Someone or something of the age of one year.

    • The year-olds were promising; but as fillies alter much after that age, it is uncertain how these may turn out.
    • The year-olds are put into pens by themselves, so that when breeding time comes the addition of the cockerels is all that is necessary.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for year-old. 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