old age
Meaning
- (uncountable) The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
- (uncountable) A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.
Synonyms
adult age
advanced age
old people
long life
geezerhood
declining years
become old
last days
topographic old age
old person
veteran stage
oncoming age
geratic period
older people
time of life
the elderly
aged population
codggywood
Translations
vieillesse
vejez
vecchiaia
velhice
hohes Alter
vellesa
ouderdom
γεράματα
senectus γηρατειάEtymology
In summary
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”)).
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