elderlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɛldəli/, U.S.

/ˈɛldərli/

Etymology: < elder adj. + -ly suffix¹.

1. Of persons or of things quasi-personified: Somewhat old, verging towards old age. Also in combination, elderly-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)

oldeOE

winteredeOE

oldlyOE

over-oldOE

eldernc1175

at-oldc1200

stricken on, in age, in eldec1380

oldlya1382

(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386

ancientc1400

aged1420

well-agedc1450

ripec1480

passing oldc1485

(well) shot in years1530

old aged1535

agey1547

Ogygian1567

strucken1576

oldish1580

stricken in yearsa1586

declined1591

far1591

struck1597

Nestorian1605

overripe1605

elderly1611

eld1619

antiquated1631

enaged1631

thorough-old1639

emerita1643

grandevous1647

magnaevous1727

badgerly1753

(as) old as the hills1819

olden days1823

crusted1833

long in the tooth1841

oldened1854

mature1867

over the hill1950

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vieillot, elderlie, somewhat old.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 107 in Justice Vindicated Let..twelve elderly men of free condition, together with the Sheriff be sworne.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 301. ¶1 Elderly Fops, and superannuated Coquets.

1773 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1872) II. 353 The more elderly..members presided.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 341 The elderly inhabitants [of Leeds] could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 591 An elderly man at the time of his marriage.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. vi. 198 The ‘Urgent’ is an elderly ship.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxv. 30 You had need hire men to..chip it all over artistically to give it an elderly-looking surface.

2. Of or pertaining to one in later life.

ΚΠ

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 152 In our own elderly doings..we are set on work after higher scantlings of wisdom.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 13 The Frate carried his doctrine rather too far for elderly ears.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 37 No elderly face can be handsome, looked at in that way.

3. quasi-n.

ΚΠ

1865 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. VIII. 82 Fifty years ago a common exclamation among the elderlies was ‘my eye Kitty Fisher’.

Derivatives

ˈelderliness n. [see -ness suffix.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > state of being

veterancy1755

old fogeyism1853

elderliness1876

1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxxv. 322 The trials of elderliness have either been unfelt or safely weathered.

1883 W. M. Baker Roll of Waves in Chicago Adv. 27 Sept. A certain reserve and elderliness of manner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elderly
释义	elderlyadj. Brit. /ˈɛldəli/, U.S. /ˈɛldərli/ Etymology: < elder adj. + -ly suffix¹. 1. Of persons or of things quasi-personified: Somewhat old, verging towards old age. Also in combination, elderly-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.) oldeOE winteredeOE oldlyOE over-oldOE eldernc1175 at-oldc1200 stricken on, in age, in eldec1380 oldlya1382 (well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386 ancientc1400 aged1420 well-agedc1450 ripec1480 passing oldc1485 (well) shot in years1530 old aged1535 agey1547 Ogygian1567 strucken1576 oldish1580 stricken in yearsa1586 declined1591 far1591 struck1597 Nestorian1605 overripe1605 elderly1611 eld1619 antiquated1631 enaged1631 thorough-old1639 emerita1643 grandevous1647 magnaevous1727 badgerly1753 (as) old as the hills1819 olden days1823 crusted1833 long in the tooth1841 oldened1854 mature1867 over the hill1950 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vieillot, elderlie, somewhat old. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 107 in Justice Vindicated Let..twelve elderly men of free condition, together with the Sheriff be sworne. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 301. ¶1 Elderly Fops, and superannuated Coquets. 1773 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1872) II. 353 The more elderly..members presided. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 341 The elderly inhabitants [of Leeds] could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 591 An elderly man at the time of his marriage. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. vi. 198 The ‘Urgent’ is an elderly ship. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxv. 30 You had need hire men to..chip it all over artistically to give it an elderly-looking surface. 2. Of or pertaining to one in later life. ΚΠ 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 152 In our own elderly doings..we are set on work after higher scantlings of wisdom. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 13 The Frate carried his doctrine rather too far for elderly ears. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 37 No elderly face can be handsome, looked at in that way. 3. quasi-n. ΚΠ 1865 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. VIII. 82 Fifty years ago a common exclamation among the elderlies was ‘my eye Kitty Fisher’. Derivatives ˈelderliness n. [see -ness suffix.] ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > state of being veterancy1755 old fogeyism1853 elderliness1876 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxxv. 322 The trials of elderliness have either been unfelt or safely weathered. 1883 W. M. Baker Roll of Waves in Chicago Adv. 27 Sept. A certain reserve and elderliness of manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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