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agedness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being aged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation in England and the Causes that Hitherto Have Hindered It, Volume I, in Charles Symmons (ed.), The Prose Works of John Milton, London: J. Johnson (etc.), 1806, Volume I, pp. 21-22 (citing the 74th epistle of Cyprian), Neither ought custom to hinder that truth should not prevail; for custom without truth is but agedness of errour.

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noun

Meaning 2

the property characteristic of old age

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: senescence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oldness

History

Etymology

From Middle English agednes, agidnes, equivalent to aged + -ness.