Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being old, in any of the senses of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being old; old age.
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- noun The state of being
old ;age .
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- noun the opposite of youngness
- noun the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
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Examples
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Her thinness and her oldness are the sum total of her frailness.
Joe Woodward: Joan Didion: Late in Life Joe Woodward 2012
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Her thinness and her oldness are the sum total of her frailness.
Joe Woodward: Joan Didion: Late in Life Joe Woodward 2012
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Indeed, this desperate terror of the older woman, and what she might do, and who she might turn off with her terrible, non-telegenic "oldness", is pure lunacy.
There's a wrinkle in attitudes to women on TV Barbara Ellen 2010
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It's going to backfire, specially after Hilton turn back on McCain "oldness" ...
New McCain Ad: Will "Biggest Celebrity In The World" Help Your Family? 2009
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They also claimed that the sense of immortality possessed by the Ego, was an indication of its having experienced life in the past, as well as anticipating life in the future -- there is a sense of "oldness" pervading every thought of the soul regarding its own nature.
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect William Walker Atkinson 1897
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Who has not been seized at times with the consciousness of a mighty 'oldness' of soul?
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect William Walker Atkinson 1897
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The soul that recognizes its "oldness" also feels its certainty of survival -- not as a mere matter of faith, but as an item of consciousness, the boundaries of time being transcended.
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect William Walker Atkinson 1897
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The next few days we spend exploring the city, reveling in its 'oldness' like I mentioned.
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I hate to sound disagreeable, and maybe my age is showing, but these days I am finding more and more comfort in the "oldness" of things.
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Probably one of the things i appreciate most when i call her, is that i can always ask her about something cooking wise - i learned to love it from her in the beginning afterall:) My favourite cookbook is a modern edition of one she was given in highschool (which i still covet for its 'oldness' and 'usedness', alas she still uses it a lot; P)
July 2nd, 2006 mynxii 2006
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