old age

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”)).

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.

• codgerhood, eld, golden years; see also Thesaurus:old age

• old age pension

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• age-old, gaoled, geodal, goaled