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grandevous

grandevous adjective: of great age; aged; long-lived.

Adjective

grandevous (comparative more grandevous, superlative most grandevous)

  1. (obsolete) Of great age; aged; long-lived.
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Forms of grandevous

comparativemore grandevous
superlativemost grandevous

Origin of grandevous

From Latin grandaevus (“old, aged”), from grandis (“grand”) + aevum (“lifetime, age”).

Questions about grandevous

What does grandevous mean?
Grandevous means of great age; aged; long-lived.
What part of speech is grandevous?
Grandevous is an adjective.

Words near grandevous in the dictionary

  1. grandes-duchesses
  2. grandest
  3. grandeur
  4. grandeurs
  5. grandevity
  6. grandevous
  7. grandezza
  8. grandfather
  9. grandfather chair
  10. grandfather chairs
  11. grandfather clause

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