† father-agen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: father n., age n.

Etymology: < father n. + age n.

Obsolete. rare.

1. The time of life when one is a father; a mature age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [noun] > mature age

father-age1596

the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity > adulthood of man

manhooda1393

man-statec1400

man-agec1425

man's agec1443

state1553

virility1586

beard1591

father-age1596

1596 Queen Elizabeth I Let. 24 June in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 350 Were it in the nonage of a prince, it might have some colour; but in a Father-age it seemeth strange.

2. An age earlier than the present, a period gone by.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago

fern-daysOE

yesterdayOE

antiquityc1375

ancienty1489

eldc1540

father-age1633

auld lang syne1666

(the) year one1754

ancientry1755

aforetime1803

good (also bad) old days1828

long-ago1831

eld-time1845

the year dot1857

old times1898

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. ix. 3 Tell me, ye Muses, what our father-ages Have left succeeding times to play upon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	father-age
释义	† father-agen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: father n., age n. Etymology: < father n. + age n. Obsolete. rare. 1. The time of life when one is a father; a mature age. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [noun] > mature age father-age1596 the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity > adulthood of man manhooda1393 man-statec1400 man-agec1425 man's agec1443 state1553 virility1586 beard1591 father-age1596 1596 Queen Elizabeth I Let. 24 June in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 350 Were it in the nonage of a prince, it might have some colour; but in a Father-age it seemeth strange. 2. An age earlier than the present, a period gone by. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago fern-daysOE yesterdayOE antiquityc1375 ancienty1489 eldc1540 father-age1633 auld lang syne1666 (the) year one1754 ancientry1755 aforetime1803 good (also bad) old days1828 long-ago1831 eld-time1845 the year dot1857 old times1898 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. ix. 3 Tell me, ye Muses, what our father-ages Have left succeeding times to play upon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1596
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