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Definition old
Etymology
From Middle English old, ald, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eltós (“grown, tall, big”). Cognate with Scots auld (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, uul (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Dutch oud (“old”), Low German old (“old”), German alt (“old”), Swedish äldre (“older, elder”), Icelandic eldri (“older, elder”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.
Adjective
old (comparative older or elder, superlative oldest or eldest)
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- (heading) Of an earlier time.
- Tiresome.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
- (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
Noun
old pl (plural only)
- (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
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