oldness
UK/ˈəʊldnəs/
oldness noun: the state of being old; age.
Noun
oldness (usually uncountable, plural oldnesses)
- The state of being old; age.
- This policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 7:6
- Synonyms:
- agedness, elderliness, senectitude, ancientness, antiquity, age, cobwebbiness, datedness, decrepitness, decrepitude
oldness meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
oldness in Tamil
- பழமை, முதுமை, தொன்மை, தொன்று, பண்டை
oldness in Marathi
- state of being old
- जुनेपणा junepṇā, म्हातारपण mhātārpaṇ
oldness in Malayalam
- oldness
- പഴമ paḻama
- oldness, maturity
- മൂപ്പ് mūppŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- Kashmiri
- پرٛانؠر prānyar
Synonyms of oldness
- agedness
- elderliness
- senectitude
- ancientness
- antiquity
- age
- cobwebbiness
- datedness
- decrepitness
- decrepitude
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Antonyms
Forms of oldness
| plural | oldnesses |
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Origin of oldness
From Middle English oldnesse, from Old English ealdnes, ealdnyss (“oldness; age”), equivalent to old + -ness.
Questions about oldness
- What does oldness mean?
- Oldness means the state of being old; age.
- What is oldness in Tamil?
- Oldness in Tamil is பழமை, முதுமை, தொன்மை. See Oldness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oldness?
- Oldness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oldness?
- Oldness is pronounced /ˈəʊldnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of oldness?
- The plural of oldness is oldnesses.
Words near oldness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oldness (page history and authors); oldness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പഴമ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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