OLDNESS
- decrepit or senile
- (as noun in combination)
- practised; hardened
- (of crops) harvested late
- having lived or existed for a specified period
- designating the form of a language in which the earliest known records are written
- used as a familiar form of address to a person
- (of a river, valley, or land surface) in the final stage of the cycle of erosion, characterized by flat extensive flood plains and minimum relief
- sensible, wise, or mature
- having lived or existed for a relatively long time
- of or relating to advanced years or a long life
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)
- the state of being old (living for a long time) [n -ES]
- the state of being old (living or existing for a relatively long time) [n OLDNESSES]
- (intensifier) (esp in phrases such as a good old time, any old thing, any old how, etc)
- an earlier or past time (esp in the phrase of old)
- earlier or earliest of two or more things with the same name
- familiar through long acquaintance or repetition
- cherished; dear: used as a term of affection or familiarity
- skilled through long experience (esp in the phrase an old hand)
- out-of-date; unfashionable
- remote or distant in origin or time of origin
- former; previous
- established for a relatively long time
- worn with age or use