agedness
agedness noun: the state or quality of being aged.
Noun
agedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being aged.
- Neither ought custom to hinder that truth should not prevail; for custom without truth is but agedness of errour.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 cannot tell the half of the strange pleasures and thoughts that come about me at the sight of that old tower; for, in some sort, it is the epitome of all that makes the Continent of Europe interesting, as opposed to new countries; and, above all, it completely expresses that agedness in the midst...1856, John Ruskin, chapter 1, in Modern Painters […], volume IV, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, part V (Of Mountain Beauty), page 3
- Synonyms:
- elderliness, oldness, senectitude
agedness meaning in Urdu
agedness in Urdu
- بُڑھاپا, پیرانَہ سالی
Synonyms of agedness
Origin of agedness
From Middle English agednes, agidnes, equivalent to aged + -ness.
Words formed from agedness
Questions about agedness
- What does agedness mean?
- Agedness means the state or quality of being aged.
- What is agedness in Urdu?
- Agedness in Urdu is بُڑھاپا, پیرانَہ سالی. See Agedness meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is agedness?
- Agedness is a noun.
Words near agedness in the dictionary
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