three-yearsthree-yearadj.
1. Of or pertaining to, or lasting for, three years; of the age of three years.
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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years > that has lasted a specific number of years
three-years1665
ten-year1693
three-year-old1825
tercentenarian1881
two-year1927
1665 S. Pepys Diary 7 Apr. (1972) VI. 75 We having already..spent one year's share of the three-years' tax.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit (1816) 37 They set sail for a three years voyage.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 6 The wedding guest stood still And listens like a three year's child.
2.
a. ˈthree-year-ˌold adj. of the age of three years; spec. of horses; also, of three years' standing, that has been such for three years. Also three years old.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age
seven?1440
yearing1451
year-old1556
yeared1583
seventy1590
two-year1596
quinquagenarian1603
septuagenary1605
twelvea1616
thirty1618
three-yearling1621
one-eared1645
quadragenarious1656
trimenstruous1656
septennian1662
sexagenarian1663
sexagenary1663
octogenarya1696
seven-year-old1713
quinquagenary1715
yearling1729
septuagesimal1781
septuagenarian1793
octogenarian1818
fortyish1821
seventeen-year-old1821
three-year-old1825
week-old1826
centenarian1828
day-old1831
70-year-old1832
quadragenarian1834
century-old1836
nonagenarian1877
teenaged1913
thirtyish1925
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years > that has lasted a specific number of years
three-years1665
ten-year1693
three-year-old1825
tercentenarian1881
two-year1927
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > defined by age
full-aged1596
rising1734
aged1756
three-year-old1838
1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 10 Exclusion of all Barristers but three-year old ones.
1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 13 Three years old Barristers.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 307/2 A three-year-old colt.
1894 Field 9 June 850/3 A three-year-old animal may have all the permanent incisors well up.
1910 Westm. Gaz. 2 Apr. 7/3 A strange story of an alleged three-year-old treaty between Russia and China.
b. absol. or as n.; also attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > colt > of specific age
hog colt1591
three-years1617
hogget1787
1617 in T. Pont's Topogr. Acc. Cunningham (Maitland Club) 200 Saxtein auld kye... Item, thrie thrie-yeir-aldis.
1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 18 Turn now to the three year olds [i.e. barristers].
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 2) ii. §119 By Training the three-year-old is understood the preparation of the colt for racing as a three-year-old, in his fourth year.
1882 Daily News 26 Dec. 3/5 Not only in the three-year-old prizes did the fillies make their mark.
Derivatives
three-ˈyearling adj. = three-year-old adj. at sense 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age
seven?1440
yearing1451
year-old1556
yeared1583
seventy1590
two-year1596
quinquagenarian1603
septuagenary1605
twelvea1616
thirty1618
three-yearling1621
one-eared1645
quadragenarious1656
trimenstruous1656
septennian1662
sexagenarian1663
sexagenary1663
octogenarya1696
seven-year-old1713
quinquagenary1715
yearling1729
septuagesimal1781
septuagenarian1793
octogenarian1818
fortyish1821
seventeen-year-old1821
three-year-old1825
week-old1826
centenarian1828
day-old1831
70-year-old1832
quadragenarian1834
century-old1836
nonagenarian1877
teenaged1913
thirtyish1925
1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) 58 Take unto thee a three-yeerling heiffer and a three-yeerling she goat.
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