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superannuated, pa. pple. and ppl. a.|s(j)uːpəˈrænjuːeɪtɪd|
[f. mod.L. *superannuātus, altered from med.L. superannātus superannate, after L. annuus (see annual).]
1. Of persons (or animals): Disqualified or incapacitated by age; old and infirm.
† Formerly const. to with inf. = too old to be or to do something; also const. from = not subject to or capable of something, on account of old age.
pa. pple.1639Fuller Holy War i. xxii. 34 Barzillai, super⁓annuated to be a courtier. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §42 Were there any hopes to out-live vice, or a point to be super-annuated from sin. 1648T. Hill Strength Saints Ep. Ded. A iij, If you omit to elect them, they must (being superannuated) bee most disgracefully throwne off. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iv. 65 Old age, which..makes men..superannuated from the bold and couragious thoughts of youth. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 212 When any are super-annuated,..seeing they can do no more Work they are to expect no more Wages. 1757H. Walpole Let. to Mann 17 Jan., I trust he [sc. the Pope] was superannuated when they drew from him the late Bull enjoining the admission of the Unigenitus on pain of damnation. 1787Minor 59 The horses, being likewise superannuated, were exchanged for others. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 342, I subscribed regularly to Society, and knew that if I got superannuated I should be comfortably maintained by the trade. 1873Hamerton Intell. Life i. vii. 36 We shall be either superannuated or dead.
ppl. a.c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 20 This goodly antient city..looks like..some superannuated virgin that hath lost her lover. a1694South Serm., Rom. i. 32 II. 247 Old Age..the proper Season for a super-annuated Sinner to enjoy the Delights of Sin in the Rebound. 1714Waterland Lett. Lay-Baptism ii. iii. (1892) 231 We may fairly suppose there might be about a thousand [Levites] fifty years old, and consequently superannuated. a1791Wesley Minutes Sev. Convers. Wks. 1830 VIII. 326 How can we provide for superannuated and supernumerary Preachers? 1819A. Clarke in Life (1840) ix. 331 A superannuated cock whose muscles were impenetrable to the teeth. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Boarding-House i, Mr. Calton was a superannuated beau—an old boy. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 110 A giggle from a withered superannuated governess.
absol.1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 86/2 Those whom you take in..are the Superannuated, and those who want their Senses.
b. transf. of personal actions or attributes.
1707Reflex. upon Ridicule 301 Her superannuated Charms. 1852Thackeray Esmond i. xi, With a fascinating, superannuated smile she complimented him on his wit. 1860Motley Netherl. vii. I. 436 In all this there was much of superannuated coquetry.
2. Of things: Impaired by age, worn out; antiquated, obsolete, out of date.
pa. pple.a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 280 The pleasure I tooke in them [sc. worldly things]..being taken off, they wither, grow uselesse, and are super-annuated, like an old tent. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Wine, In France, the Wines that keep best,..are reckon'd superannuated at five or six Leaves old. 1883H. Juta tr. Van der Linden's Instit. Holland 283 The judgments of the High Court become superannuated after a lapse of five years... The judgments of Amsterdam, however, do not become superannuated.
ppl. a.1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. xi. 148 From rags, Snattocks, Snips,..super-annuated Smocks and Shirts, come very faire Sheets. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. vi. 25 This superannuated Conceit deserves no more of our remembrance. 1689Dial. betw. Timothy & Titus 3 Thy threadbare Cassock and superannuated Beaver. 1832tr. Sismondi's Ital. Rep. v. 115 Vieri de Cerchi..proposed to substitute equal laws, for superannuated proscriptions. 1856N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 67 The three Theologies, which now stand in view of our British Christianity—namely, the superannuated Logical, the modern Philosophical, and the future Biblical.
absol.1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xlii, Obstinate adherence to the superannuated.
b. loosely. That has lasted a very long time; inveterate; very old. rare.
1644Quarles Barnabas & B. 36 Hath Gilead balm enough to heal thy superannuated sores? 1839De Quincey Recoll. Lakes Wks. 1862 II. 6 No more than the sun fails to gladden the heart, because it is that same old superannuated sun that has gladdened it for thousands of years.
3. Discharged from service on a pension after attaining a certain age. Also said of the pension.
1740Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 116 He dy'd soon after, a superannuated pensioner. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 13 July, A superannuated lieutenant on half-pay. 1802James Milit. Dict. s.v., To be placed upon the super⁓annuated list is to be recommended to the board at Chelsea. 1817Jrnl. Ho. Commons LXXII. 97/1 Superannuated or retired Allowances, to Persons late belonging to the Office of Ordinance. 1848Dickens Haunted Man i. 13 There's my father,..superannuated keeper and custodian of this Institution, eigh-ty-seven year old. |