grandevityn.

Brit.

/ɡranˈdɛvᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌɡrænˈdɛvədi/

Forms: 1600s grandaevity, 1600s grandeuitie, 1600s 1800s– grandevity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin grandaevitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin grandaevitās great age < grandaevus (see grandevous adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

Now rare.

Great or old age.

ΘΚΠ

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

eld971

old agec1330

agec1380

last agea1382

oldc1385

aldereldea1400

winterc1425

vilessec1430

annosityc1450

senectute1481

the black ox1546

golden years1559

years1561

great1587

afterlife1589

setting sun1597

antiquity1600

chair-daysa1616

the vale of yearsa1616

grandevity1623

green old age1634

eldship1647

senioritya1688

the other side of the hill1691

the decline of life1711

senectude1756

senility1791

senectitude1796

post-climacteric1826

Anno Domini1885

senium1911

golden age1946

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Grandeuitie, old or great age.

1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen viii. 94 The grandævity of the world ought to be accounted for antiquity.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 347 A confirmation of the grandevity of the Apostle at that time.

1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 185 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. Whom Dr. More for his Function and Grandevity sake handles so respectfully.

1833 J. F. Watson Hist. Tales of Olden Time 241 Giving the names and personal notices of those instances of grandevity.

1850 Househ. Words 28 Sept. 130/1 For the old age and grandevity of the world are to be truly counted as antiquity.

1963 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 Mar. 24/3 Rally round, fellow gray-beards;..lift up your glasses to our own august grandevity.

1979 New Yorker 26 Feb. 30/3 He was so hurt that I wanted to live with him to a ripe grandevity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandevity
释义	grandevityn. Brit. /ɡranˈdɛvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɡrænˈdɛvədi/ Forms: 1600s grandaevity, 1600s grandeuitie, 1600s 1800s– grandevity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin grandaevitās. Etymology: < classical Latin grandaevitās great age < grandaevus (see grandevous adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Now rare. Great or old age. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] eld971 old agec1330 agec1380 last agea1382 oldc1385 aldereldea1400 winterc1425 vilessec1430 annosityc1450 senectute1481 the black ox1546 golden years1559 years1561 great1587 afterlife1589 setting sun1597 antiquity1600 chair-daysa1616 the vale of yearsa1616 grandevity1623 green old age1634 eldship1647 senioritya1688 the other side of the hill1691 the decline of life1711 senectude1756 senility1791 senectitude1796 post-climacteric1826 Anno Domini1885 senium1911 golden age1946 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Grandeuitie, old or great age. 1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen viii. 94 The grandævity of the world ought to be accounted for antiquity. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 347 A confirmation of the grandevity of the Apostle at that time. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 185 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. Whom Dr. More for his Function and Grandevity sake handles so respectfully. 1833 J. F. Watson Hist. Tales of Olden Time 241 Giving the names and personal notices of those instances of grandevity. 1850 Househ. Words 28 Sept. 130/1 For the old age and grandevity of the world are to be truly counted as antiquity. 1963 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 Mar. 24/3 Rally round, fellow gray-beards;..lift up your glasses to our own august grandevity. 1979 New Yorker 26 Feb. 30/3 He was so hurt that I wanted to live with him to a ripe grandevity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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