agedadj.n.

(in sense A. 1 and B. usually)Brit.

/ˈeɪdʒᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈeɪdʒᵻd/ (in senses A. 2, A. 3, and A. 4)Brit.

/eɪdʒd/, U.S.

/eɪdʒd/

Forms: Middle English aegyd, Middle English agid, Middle English agit, Middle English agyt, Middle English–1500s aaged, Middle English–1600s agyd, Middle English– aged; Scottish pre-1700 adged, pre-1700 adgeit, pre-1700 ageit, pre-1700 aget, pre-1700 agyt, pre-1700 aidgett, pre-1700 aidgit, pre-1700 aidgitt, pre-1700 aigeit, pre-1700 aiget, pre-1700 aigett, pre-1700 aigit, pre-1700 aigitt, pre-1700 eageit, pre-1700 eagit, pre-1700 edgit, pre-1700 1700s– aged.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: age n., -ed suffix²; age v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally < age n. + -ed suffix²; in later use < age v. + -ed suffix¹. In early use perhaps after Anglo-Norman and Middle French agé, aagié, Middle French aagé, agié (French âgé) that has lived or existed for (a specified time) (1314), of advanced age, very old (c1370; 1283 in Old French in sense ‘that has attained legal majority’). With the use as noun compare Middle French les aigiés, French les âgés (plural noun) old people collectively (second half of the 14th cent.).

A. adj.

a. That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)

oldeOE

winteredeOE

oldlyOE

over-oldOE

eldernc1175

at-oldc1200

stricken on, in age, in eldec1380

oldlya1382

(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386

ancientc1400

aged1420

well-agedc1450

ripec1480

passing oldc1485

(well) shot in years1530

old aged1535

agey1547

Ogygian1567

strucken1576

oldish1580

stricken in yearsa1586

declined1591

far1591

struck1597

Nestorian1605

overripe1605

elderly1611

eld1619

antiquated1631

enaged1631

thorough-old1639

emerita1643

grandevous1647

magnaevous1727

badgerly1753

(as) old as the hills1819

olden days1823

crusted1833

long in the tooth1841

oldened1854

mature1867

over the hill1950

1420 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 272 (MED) I am agid man, evermore..desiryng the good pees..of this reaume.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 89 (MED) I am so Agyd and so olde.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 53 (MED) The agid folkes make themself subiectes to ambicion for to surmounte eche aboue othir through pryde.

1572 Act 14 Eliz. c. 5 §16 That the said aged ympotent and poore People should have convenient Habitacions.

1589 in R. M. Fergusson Logie Parish Hist. (1905) I. 23 He my^t not frequent ye exerceis..[because] he is aidgit, and his dwelling far distant.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 168 Aged Custome, But by your Voyces, will not so permit me.

1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 290 Mr. John Malcolme being the agedest.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 928 To Ajax I must yield the Prize; He to Ulysses, still more ag'd and wise.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 897 One comfort yet shall cheer thine aged heart.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 77 A few aged and scattered yew trees.

1846 Lancet 18 Sept. 317/2 The order of changes giving rise to baldness in aged persons.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 121 He was an aged man and weary of his office.

1902 Man 2 97 An aged specimen of mussel-shell..for use as a tool for cutting and polishing.

1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 107 An aged crone tottered forward.

1993 Gourmet Jan. 60 On the walls of this room..are aged and cracked ancestor photographs.

2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Mar. 41/1 He and his daughter take her mother to an aged practitioner of root medicine in North Carolina.

b. figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cxix^v She was yong of age, & aged in wytte.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 7 You shal assone catch a Hare with a Taber, as you shal perswade youth, with your aged & ouerworn eloquence.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iii. sig. F4 Ag'd in vertue.

1642 J. M. News from Hell, Rome & Inns of Court 17 This dish..is seasoned with the spice of aged detestable covetousnesse.

1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece ii. 28 The experience of Homeric men was aged enough to know that probity secured no man from the troubles of life.

1923 F. V. Branford in Best Poems of 1923 (1924) 41 The deaf sense of an aged year, Singing with doom upon me.

c. Belonging to or characteristic of old age. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of

oldOE

aged1561

grey-headed1581

frosty1592

grey1602

veneral1631

senile1661

venerable1726

gerontic1885

post-reproductive1900

1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng all Nations sig. N(viii)^v The olde man beyng farre from the hope of hauyng anye issue, throughe the aged barreynnesse of his wyfe.

1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. i. sig. B.iij^v So slowe a slidynge of his aged yeres.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 7 The aged wrincles in my cheeks.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 258 Shorten vp their sinewes With aged Cramps.

1691 R. Baxter Penitent Confession Pref. sig. B2 Aged weakness, which better remembereth the passages of Youth, than of later years.

1762 J. Macpherson Fingal iii. 42 Ullin came with aged steps.

1847 W. W. Cooper (title) Practical remarks on near sight, aged sight, and impaired vision.

a1904 T. Stickney in Poems (1905) 233 As I fall From aged weariness away to sleep.

2005 S. A. Pera & S. Van Tonder Ethics in Health Care (ed. 2) 14 Conditions such as cancer,..aged fragility and the like.

a. In predicative use. Having lived for (a specified time); of or at the age of.middle, old, teenaged, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective]

oldeOE

old-yeared?c1425

of age1526

aged1543

aetat?1616

aet1654

1543 in Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries (1898) 6 203 Rauff Hayes of Stony Stretton in the countie of Som'sett aforesaid husbandman aged syx & fyfty yeres.

1582 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 129 The deposicione of henry Ieffrey of Rye aged xxviij^th or ther aboutes.

1637 Brass in Kendal Ch. in C. Nicholson Ann. Kendal 68 Here vnder lyeth the body of Alice..who dyed the 25th day of March 1637, being aged 26 yeares 5 months & od dayes.

1683 London Gaz. No. 1861/8 One Bay Gelding..Aged about four years, with a Swi[n]g Tail lately cut off.

1707 Boston News-let. 29 Sept. 2/2 Gabriel Jackson, aged about 18 years..has on..an old pair of Shoes..and an old Hat.

1795 J. Farington Diary 31 Dec. (1978) II. 459 Smirkes 2d. Son, aged 15, is now head Boy at a School in Bedfordshire.

1881 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 May 852/2 A case of haematomyelia in a man aged 19.

1970 Times 30 Mar. 2/5 The infants' school reception class..rarely had fewer than 30 to 40 children aged five.

2010 Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 2/1 The number of bankrupt women aged between 35 and 54..rose by 37 per cent between 2008 and 2009.

b. Chiefly attributive. Of a horse or farm animal: that has attained a certain defined age of maturity, typically 6 to 12 years for horses, 3 or 4 years for cattle.Cf. full-aged adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > defined by age

full-aged1596

rising1734

aged1756

three-year-old1838

1756 Monthly Rev. Oct. 412 Which of you, having a race to run, would depend upon a young colt, preferable to an aged horse?

1777 Covent Garden Mag. Aug. 79/1 Abingdon Races... Aged horses fourteen hands high, to carry 9st.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 129 An aged bull that is castrated is called a segg.

1869 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables lviii. 563 A moderately fresh aged horse is..more useful..than a young untried horse.

1951 E. Rickman Come Racing with Me ii. 17 Any horse or mare above six years is ‘aged’.

2008 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 Aug. 4/3 Sheep results... Aged Ram—D. Jackson,..Lochgoilhead.

3. Of a product, esp. food or drink: matured; subjected to ageing. Sometimes with modifying word; cf. oak-aged adj.

ΚΠ

1819 W. Green Tourist's New Guide I. 255 The outlet of the lake..will serve to dilute the traveller's cogniac, his rum, or aged wine.

1874 Temperance Rec. 20 June 292/1 Aged whisky was less harmful, taken in moderate quantities.

1943 Billboard 3 July 68/2 Cigarette companies customarily buy two to three years in advance to provide well-aged tobacco.

1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 4 There is no substitute for an aged port.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 134 An excellent dining room specializing in aged beef and chops.

1991 O. Clarke Webster's Wine Guide 1992 170/2 A barrel-aged blend of Prugnolo and Cabernet Franc.

2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Dec. 120/1 The wine director..has no problem following a red wine with an aged white Burgundy.

4. Textiles. Of cloth or dye: that has been aged (see age v. 4).

ΚΠ

1844 E. A. Parnell Appl. Chem. I. iii. iii. 309 When the ‘aged’ cloth is passed through a mixed solution of substitute and gelatine, the latter greatly facilitates the separation of the..mordant.

1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 8/1 The difference of appearance will be..in favour of the aged or exposed part.

1910 E. Knecht et al. Man. Dyeing (ed. 2) II. 649 The dyeing of aged blacks.

1992 Iranian Stud. 25 92 The use of traditional, aged dyes had virtually disappeared by the beginning of the Pahlavi era.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement. Old people collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old people collectively

morea1382

old folkc1385

aged1535

ancientry1548

olds1883

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxviii. 100 Yee I am wyser then the aged.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World 59 The Young and Strong make more haste to the Tomb, than the Aged and Weak.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vi. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 944 They slew the aged.

1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 147 To you..the diseased and the healthy, the aged and the young, owe every comfort.

1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity I. 117 Might it not then be of greatest service, both to the aged and to the consumptive?

1837 T. Keightley Crusaders in Waldie's Sel. Circulating Lib. 1 170/2 Tancred exceeded the young in valour, the aged in wisdom.

1977 Hist. Jrnl. 20 348 The aged and the chronically sick were the permanent outpoor.

2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 27/4 As for the aged, the ‘happiness homes’ established for them..were as subject to abuse..as the child care centers.

Compounds

aged p. n. colloquial and humorous (frequently with capital initial) short for aged parent n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun]

parent?a1425

old one1642

aged p.1861

aged parent1861

rent1968

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. vi. 91 Would you mind toasting this sausage for the Aged P.?

1963 M. McCarthy Group vii. 178 It's such a little thing I'm asking of you, Dottie. Bear with your Aged P.

2010 D. K. Davies True Things about Me 165 I found it freeing, somehow, to know my aged p's weren't going to pop up at inconvenient times any more.

aged parent n. colloquial and humorous (frequently with capital initial) (an affectionate term for) a person's parent (whether elderly or not); also as a form of address.In later use after Dickens (see quot. 1861).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun]

parent?a1425

old one1642

aged p.1861

aged parent1861

rent1968

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations xxv, in All Year Round 16 Mar. 531/1 ‘Well, aged parent,’ said Wemmick, shaking hands with him in a cordial and jocose way, ‘how are you?’

1934 A. Ransome Coot Club iii. 40 That was Starboard talking to her Aged Parent.

1972 F. Baldwin One more Time i. 12 You'll have to bring a letter from the Aged Parents, stating their position on weekend trips away from school.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 June 12 Eight people, together, as far as my Aged Parent is concerned, is an irresistible invitation to the dance.

Derivatives

† agedlike adj. Obsolete having the appearance or marks of age; senile.

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 305/1 Aagedlyke, senil.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. 20 An infantine face, yet fraught with an aged-like wisedome.

1899 H. S. Thompson Windy Creek v. 141 Mis' McLeod, she's broke in her looks an' aged-like sence Jean began to keep comp'ny with Art.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	aged
释义	agedadj.n. (in sense A. 1 and B. usually)Brit. /ˈeɪdʒᵻd/, U.S. /ˈeɪdʒᵻd/ (in senses A. 2, A. 3, and A. 4)Brit. /eɪdʒd/, U.S. /eɪdʒd/ Forms: Middle English aegyd, Middle English agid, Middle English agit, Middle English agyt, Middle English–1500s aaged, Middle English–1600s agyd, Middle English– aged; Scottish pre-1700 adged, pre-1700 adgeit, pre-1700 ageit, pre-1700 aget, pre-1700 agyt, pre-1700 aidgett, pre-1700 aidgit, pre-1700 aidgitt, pre-1700 aigeit, pre-1700 aiget, pre-1700 aigett, pre-1700 aigit, pre-1700 aigitt, pre-1700 eageit, pre-1700 eagit, pre-1700 edgit, pre-1700 1700s– aged. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: age n., -ed suffix²; age v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Originally < age n. + -ed suffix²; in later use < age v. + -ed suffix¹. In early use perhaps after Anglo-Norman and Middle French agé, aagié, Middle French aagé, agié (French âgé) that has lived or existed for (a specified time) (1314), of advanced age, very old (c1370; 1283 in Old French in sense ‘that has attained legal majority’). With the use as noun compare Middle French les aigiés, French les âgés (plural noun) old people collectively (second half of the 14th cent.). A. adj. 1. a. That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.) oldeOE winteredeOE oldlyOE over-oldOE eldernc1175 at-oldc1200 stricken on, in age, in eldec1380 oldlya1382 (well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386 ancientc1400 aged1420 well-agedc1450 ripec1480 passing oldc1485 (well) shot in years1530 old aged1535 agey1547 Ogygian1567 strucken1576 oldish1580 stricken in yearsa1586 declined1591 far1591 struck1597 Nestorian1605 overripe1605 elderly1611 eld1619 antiquated1631 enaged1631 thorough-old1639 emerita1643 grandevous1647 magnaevous1727 badgerly1753 (as) old as the hills1819 olden days1823 crusted1833 long in the tooth1841 oldened1854 mature1867 over the hill1950 1420 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 272 (MED) I am agid man, evermore..desiryng the good pees..of this reaume. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 89 (MED) I am so Agyd and so olde. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 53 (MED) The agid folkes make themself subiectes to ambicion for to surmounte eche aboue othir through pryde. 1572 Act 14 Eliz. c. 5 §16 That the said aged ympotent and poore People should have convenient Habitacions. 1589 in R. M. Fergusson Logie Parish Hist. (1905) I. 23 He my^t not frequent ye exerceis..[because] he is aidgit, and his dwelling far distant. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 168 Aged Custome, But by your Voyces, will not so permit me. View more context for this quotation 1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 290 Mr. John Malcolme being the agedest. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 928 To Ajax I must yield the Prize; He to Ulysses, still more ag'd and wise. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 897 One comfort yet shall cheer thine aged heart. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 77 A few aged and scattered yew trees. 1846 Lancet 18 Sept. 317/2 The order of changes giving rise to baldness in aged persons. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 121 He was an aged man and weary of his office. 1902 Man 2 97 An aged specimen of mussel-shell..for use as a tool for cutting and polishing. 1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 107 An aged crone tottered forward. 1993 Gourmet Jan. 60 On the walls of this room..are aged and cracked ancestor photographs. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Mar. 41/1 He and his daughter take her mother to an aged practitioner of root medicine in North Carolina. b. figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cxix^v She was yong of age, & aged in wytte. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 7 You shal assone catch a Hare with a Taber, as you shal perswade youth, with your aged & ouerworn eloquence. 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iii. sig. F4 Ag'd in vertue. 1642 J. M. News from Hell, Rome & Inns of Court 17 This dish..is seasoned with the spice of aged detestable covetousnesse. 1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece ii. 28 The experience of Homeric men was aged enough to know that probity secured no man from the troubles of life. 1923 F. V. Branford in Best Poems of 1923 (1924) 41 The deaf sense of an aged year, Singing with doom upon me. c. Belonging to or characteristic of old age. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of oldOE aged1561 grey-headed1581 frosty1592 grey1602 veneral1631 senile1661 venerable1726 gerontic1885 post-reproductive1900 1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng all Nations sig. N(viii)^v The olde man beyng farre from the hope of hauyng anye issue, throughe the aged barreynnesse of his wyfe. 1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. i. sig. B.iij^v So slowe a slidynge of his aged yeres. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 7 The aged wrincles in my cheeks. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 258 Shorten vp their sinewes With aged Cramps. View more context for this quotation 1691 R. Baxter Penitent Confession Pref. sig. B2 Aged weakness, which better remembereth the passages of Youth, than of later years. 1762 J. Macpherson Fingal iii. 42 Ullin came with aged steps. 1847 W. W. Cooper (title) Practical remarks on near sight, aged sight, and impaired vision. a1904 T. Stickney in Poems (1905) 233 As I fall From aged weariness away to sleep. 2005 S. A. Pera & S. Van Tonder Ethics in Health Care (ed. 2) 14 Conditions such as cancer,..aged fragility and the like. 2. a. In predicative use. Having lived for (a specified time); of or at the age of.middle, old, teenaged, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] oldeOE old-yeared?c1425 of age1526 aged1543 aetat?1616 aet1654 1543 in Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries (1898) 6 203 Rauff Hayes of Stony Stretton in the countie of Som'sett aforesaid husbandman aged syx & fyfty yeres. 1582 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 129 The deposicione of henry Ieffrey of Rye aged xxviij^th or ther aboutes. 1637 Brass in Kendal Ch. in C. Nicholson Ann. Kendal 68 Here vnder lyeth the body of Alice..who dyed the 25th day of March 1637, being aged 26 yeares 5 months & od dayes. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1861/8 One Bay Gelding..Aged about four years, with a Swi[n]g Tail lately cut off. 1707 Boston News-let. 29 Sept. 2/2 Gabriel Jackson, aged about 18 years..has on..an old pair of Shoes..and an old Hat. 1795 J. Farington Diary 31 Dec. (1978) II. 459 Smirkes 2d. Son, aged 15, is now head Boy at a School in Bedfordshire. 1881 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 May 852/2 A case of haematomyelia in a man aged 19. 1970 Times 30 Mar. 2/5 The infants' school reception class..rarely had fewer than 30 to 40 children aged five. 2010 Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 2/1 The number of bankrupt women aged between 35 and 54..rose by 37 per cent between 2008 and 2009. b. Chiefly attributive. Of a horse or farm animal: that has attained a certain defined age of maturity, typically 6 to 12 years for horses, 3 or 4 years for cattle.Cf. full-aged adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > defined by age full-aged1596 rising1734 aged1756 three-year-old1838 1756 Monthly Rev. Oct. 412 Which of you, having a race to run, would depend upon a young colt, preferable to an aged horse? 1777 Covent Garden Mag. Aug. 79/1 Abingdon Races... Aged horses fourteen hands high, to carry 9st. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 129 An aged bull that is castrated is called a segg. 1869 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables lviii. 563 A moderately fresh aged horse is..more useful..than a young untried horse. 1951 E. Rickman Come Racing with Me ii. 17 Any horse or mare above six years is ‘aged’. 2008 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 Aug. 4/3 Sheep results... Aged Ram—D. Jackson,..Lochgoilhead. 3. Of a product, esp. food or drink: matured; subjected to ageing. Sometimes with modifying word; cf. oak-aged adj. ΚΠ 1819 W. Green Tourist's New Guide I. 255 The outlet of the lake..will serve to dilute the traveller's cogniac, his rum, or aged wine. 1874 Temperance Rec. 20 June 292/1 Aged whisky was less harmful, taken in moderate quantities. 1943 Billboard 3 July 68/2 Cigarette companies customarily buy two to three years in advance to provide well-aged tobacco. 1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 4 There is no substitute for an aged port. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 134 An excellent dining room specializing in aged beef and chops. 1991 O. Clarke Webster's Wine Guide 1992 170/2 A barrel-aged blend of Prugnolo and Cabernet Franc. 2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Dec. 120/1 The wine director..has no problem following a red wine with an aged white Burgundy. 4. Textiles. Of cloth or dye: that has been aged (see age v. 4). ΚΠ 1844 E. A. Parnell Appl. Chem. I. iii. iii. 309 When the ‘aged’ cloth is passed through a mixed solution of substitute and gelatine, the latter greatly facilitates the separation of the..mordant. 1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 8/1 The difference of appearance will be..in favour of the aged or exposed part. 1910 E. Knecht et al. Man. Dyeing (ed. 2) II. 649 The dyeing of aged blacks. 1992 Iranian Stud. 25 92 The use of traditional, aged dyes had virtually disappeared by the beginning of the Pahlavi era. B. n. With the and plural agreement. Old people collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old people collectively morea1382 old folkc1385 aged1535 ancientry1548 olds1883 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxviii. 100 Yee I am wyser then the aged. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World 59 The Young and Strong make more haste to the Tomb, than the Aged and Weak. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vi. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 944 They slew the aged. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 147 To you..the diseased and the healthy, the aged and the young, owe every comfort. 1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity I. 117 Might it not then be of greatest service, both to the aged and to the consumptive? 1837 T. Keightley Crusaders in Waldie's Sel. Circulating Lib. 1 170/2 Tancred exceeded the young in valour, the aged in wisdom. 1977 Hist. Jrnl. 20 348 The aged and the chronically sick were the permanent outpoor. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 27/4 As for the aged, the ‘happiness homes’ established for them..were as subject to abuse..as the child care centers. Compounds aged p. n. colloquial and humorous (frequently with capital initial) short for aged parent n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun] parent?a1425 old one1642 aged p.1861 aged parent1861 rent1968 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. vi. 91 Would you mind toasting this sausage for the Aged P.? 1963 M. McCarthy Group vii. 178 It's such a little thing I'm asking of you, Dottie. Bear with your Aged P. 2010 D. K. Davies True Things about Me 165 I found it freeing, somehow, to know my aged p's weren't going to pop up at inconvenient times any more. aged parent n. colloquial and humorous (frequently with capital initial) (an affectionate term for) a person's parent (whether elderly or not); also as a form of address.In later use after Dickens (see quot. 1861). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun] parent?a1425 old one1642 aged p.1861 aged parent1861 rent1968 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations xxv, in All Year Round 16 Mar. 531/1 ‘Well, aged parent,’ said Wemmick, shaking hands with him in a cordial and jocose way, ‘how are you?’ 1934 A. Ransome Coot Club iii. 40 That was Starboard talking to her Aged Parent. 1972 F. Baldwin One more Time i. 12 You'll have to bring a letter from the Aged Parents, stating their position on weekend trips away from school. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 June 12 Eight people, together, as far as my Aged Parent is concerned, is an irresistible invitation to the dance. Derivatives † agedlike adj. Obsolete having the appearance or marks of age; senile. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 305/1 Aagedlyke, senil. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. 20 An infantine face, yet fraught with an aged-like wisedome. 1899 H. S. Thompson Windy Creek v. 141 Mis' McLeod, she's broke in her looks an' aged-like sence Jean began to keep comp'ny with Art. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1420
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