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 wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).

• enPR: ōld āj

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• Hyphenation: old age

old age (uncountable)

2. The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.

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

   People often become hard of hearing in old age.

   A ripe old age.

3. A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.

• old age home
• old age pension

• age-old, gaoled, geodal, goaled