oldnesses
oldnesses is the plural of oldness.
Meaning of oldness
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...
- Synonyms:
- agedness, elderliness, senectitude, ancientness, antiquity, age, cobwebbiness, datedness, decrepitness, decrepitude
Questions about oldnesses
- What is oldnesses the plural of?
- Oldnesses is the plural of oldness.
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