old age

Etymology

From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old +‎ age. Displaced non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).

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Noun

old age (uncountable)

1. The latter part of life, the part of life after one's prime.

   People of old age are often hard of hearing.

Further reading

• old age on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• age-old, gaoled, geodal, goaled