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Etymology
From granda (“big”) + aĝo (“age”) + -a (“adjectival suffix”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
grandaĝa (accusative singular grandaĝan, plural grandaĝaj, accusative plural grandaĝajn)
- aged, elderly (of people)
- Synonyms: maljuna, profundaĝa
Tio estas rememoroj de grandaĝa persono pri liaj amoj spertitaj en juneco. (Valentin Melnikov, review of “Vaganto inter la steloj” by Venelin Mitev)- It is the recollections of an elderly person about his youthful experiences of love.
- ancient (of things)
- Synonyms: antikva, malnovega
La grandaĝaj pinoj kiuj altiĝis unu super la alia dum multe da jaroj, kuŝis nun ĵetitaj transe kaj kruce sur la vojon.- The ancient pines that had grown one above the other for many years now lay strewn crisscross on the path.
(Ferenc Szilágyi, “Linné, 250-jara”)