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agedness|ˈeɪdʒɪdnɪs|
[f. aged a. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being aged, oldness.
1530Palsgr. 193/2 Agydnesse, anciennete. 1635J. Hayward Banish'd Virg. 214 My wrinkles and withered agednesse. 1641Milton Ch. Discip. i. (1851) 26 For Custome without Truth is but agednesse of Error. 1873Spectator 8 Feb. 168/2 The agedness of the world, its sad want of originality.
2. The quality of having reached a stated age.
a1643W. Cartwright Poems (N.) He still was strong and fresh, his brain was gray. Such agedness might our young ladies move To somewhat more than a Platonick love. 1881Mrs. Ellis Sylvestra II. 261 That middle-agedness some men show so early. |