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English
Etymology
From Old English ofereald, corresponding to over- + old. Cognate with Dutch overoud, German überalt.
Pronunciation
Adjective
over-old (comparative more over-old, superlative most over-old)
- Too old.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:And one Attalus in Seneca saith, the remembrance of our last friends is as pleasing to us, as bitternesse in wine that is over old .
1875, Virgil, translated by William Morris, Aeneid, section VIII:My body over-old for deeds begrudged such government.