The quality, fact, or condition of being old (in any sense); age, antiquity.
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释义 | the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] (144) oldnessOE The quality, fact, or condition of being old (in any sense); age, antiquity. antiquity?c1450 The fact of having originated in, or been in existence since, the ancient past; great age, ancientness. agednessa1475 The quality of being aged; old age; the symptoms or characteristics associated with this. ancienty1524 The quality of having existed since a remote period, or of extending back from the present to a time long past; old standing. continuance1528 The quality or fact of having lasted a long time; long standing, antiquity. Obsolete. ancientness1537 The quality of being ancient or old; antiquity (by which word it is now almost superseded). anciency1549 The quality of being ancient; ancientness, oldness, antiquity. hoariness1580 The quality or state of being hoary: see the adjective. primitiveness1644 The state or quality of being primitive (in various senses). antiquary1655 The fact or quality of being ancient or of long standing; antiquity. Obsolete. rare. vetustness1727 primitivity1759 Primitiveness; an instance of this. vetusty1870 Ancientness, antiquity. Subcategories:— ancient character or style (3) — ancient estate or condition (1) — primitiveness or primevalness (12) — ancient or primeval world (2) — age or period of a thing (6) — old-fashionedness (65) — something old (4) — object from the past or antique (35) — rendering old (1) — one who employs archaic habits, etc. (1) — degree of antiquity (1) |
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