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单词 aetat
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aetatadj.

Brit. /ˈʌɪtɑːt/, /ˈʌɪtat/, /ˈiːteɪt/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌtɑt/, /ˈaɪˌtæt/, /ˈiˌteɪt/
Forms: 1600s aetat:, 1600s–1800s aetat., 1900s– aetat (without point).
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English an. aetat..
Etymology: Shortened < an. aetat. (1611 or earlier), graphic abbreviation of classical Latin anno aetātis in the year of (his or her) age (attested frequently in English context from 1571 or earlier) < annō , ablative of annus year (see annals n.) + aetātis , genitive singular of aetās age (see age n.). Compare anno aetat. (1653 or earlier in English context). Compare later aet adj.
= aet adj.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective]
oldeOE
old-yeared?c1425
of age1526
aged1543
aetat?1616
aet1654
?1616 W. B (title) The portracture of Sir Thomas Overbvry Knight. Ætat. 32.
1681 Visitation of Northamptonshire (Harleian Soc.) 4 William Adams, of Charwelton now living ætat: 34.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxxi. 130 The principal device, neatly etched on a plate of white metal, is a crowned serpent, with its tail in its mouth, forming a ring, the emblem of Eternity, and in the circle made by it is this inscription: Clarissa Harlowe. April X. [Then the Year] Ætat. xix.
1761 in F. Fawkes Orig. Poems & Transl. 104 (heading) On a Young Gentleman, who Died A.D. 1743, Ætat. 15.
1817 Med. & Physical Jrnl. Mar. 257 Charlotte Isaure Larrey, aetat. about seven, cutting the bread at her breakfast, a piece of crust flew into her eye.
1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. iii. 56 At the present moment Mr. Thorne, ætat. fifty, was over head and ears in love at first sight with the Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni, nata Stanhope.
1918 G. Frankau One of Them vi, in Poet. Wks. (1923) II. 75 Jill as she was in times of sugared plenty: The Bond Street goddess, aetat three-and-twenty.
1966 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country (rev. ed.) ii. 20 Mary died ætat twelve, and her parents never troubled about the grant.
1996 Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. A theatre director friend told him he should..go professional. Hence his belated (aetat 26) application to drama school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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