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1.
ōld(e
adj.
Additional spellings:
olde
702 quotations in 20 senses
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(a) Of living beings: near the end of the normal span of life, advanced in age; also, of children: of an age late in childhood, pre-adolescent; (b) used disparagingly; (c)
old man
, a man well-advanced…
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