aldelike, equivalent to <span class="searchmatch">old</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">oldly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">oldly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">oldly</span>) (rare) In an <span class="searchmatch">old</span> manner. windows fashioned <span class="searchmatch">oldly</span> venerably; see also...
<span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Low German <span class="searchmatch">oldly</span> <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Lyme <span class="searchmatch">old</span> maid <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-maidenism <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-maidhood <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-maidish <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-maidism <span class="searchmatch">old</span> maid's bonnet <span class="searchmatch">old</span> man <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-man <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Man of Coniston <span class="searchmatch">old</span> man...
The combining form -year-<span class="searchmatch">old</span> dates from Middle English (ȝeer <span class="searchmatch">old</span>(e), yeer <span class="searchmatch">old</span>(e), yere <span class="searchmatch">old</span>(e)). enPR: yîrʹōld year-<span class="searchmatch">old</span> (not comparable) Of the age of...
<span class="searchmatch">old</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ǫld</span>, <span class="searchmatch">øld</span>, and '<span class="searchmatch">old</span> öljed öl + -d IPA(key): [<span class="searchmatch">ˈøld</span>] Rhymes: -<span class="searchmatch">øld</span> <span class="searchmatch">öld</span> second-person singular subjunctive present definite of öl From <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Norse <span class="searchmatch">ǫld</span>...
also: <span class="searchmatch">Older</span> (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊldə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊldɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ) <span class="searchmatch">older</span> comparative form of <span class="searchmatch">old</span>: more <span class="searchmatch">old</span>, elder, senior My <span class="searchmatch">older</span> brother...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">old</span>, <span class="searchmatch">öld</span>, <span class="searchmatch">øld</span>, and '<span class="searchmatch">old</span> From Proto-Germanic *aldiz (“age, lifetime”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds). (9th century West Norse) IPA(key):...
<span class="searchmatch">old</span> as the hills (not comparable) (idiomatic, simile, chiefly hyperbolic) Extremely <span class="searchmatch">old</span>. Synonyms: aged, age-<span class="searchmatch">old</span>, ancient, <span class="searchmatch">old</span> as the Pyramids, <span class="searchmatch">old</span> as...
article on: <span class="searchmatch">old</span> lady Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">old</span> lady (plural <span class="searchmatch">old</span> ladies) (literal, informal) An elderly woman. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">old</span> woman Antonym: <span class="searchmatch">old</span> man Hypernyms:...
English phrasebook I'm ... year(s) <span class="searchmatch">old</span> I was born ... year(s) ago. I am ... year(s) <span class="searchmatch">old</span> how <span class="searchmatch">old</span> are you? I'm twenty years <span class="searchmatch">old</span>...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">old</span>, <span class="searchmatch">öld</span>, and <span class="searchmatch">ǫld</span> From <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Norse <span class="searchmatch">ǫld</span>, from Proto-Germanic *aldiz. IPA(key): [œlt] Rhymes: -œlt <span class="searchmatch">øld</span> f (genitive singular aldar, plural øldir)...