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yeared

yeared adjective: of a specified number of years.

Adjective

yeared (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Of a specified number of years.
  2. (poetic) That has lasted many years; old.
    • Ironically, too, the wine was a yeared Bollinger of almost carnal subtlety and while Sutcliffe's stomach quailed his palate hungered for the treat.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 701

Origin of yeared

From year + -ed.

Words that rhyme with yeared

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Questions about yeared

What does yeared mean?
Yeared means of a specified number of years.
What part of speech is yeared?
Yeared is an adjective.

Words near yeared in the dictionary

  1. yeardays
  2. Yeardley
  3. Yeardleys
  4. yeards
  5. yeare
  6. yeared
  7. yearend
  8. yearends
  9. yearer
  10. yearers
  11. yeares

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