† grandevousadj.

Forms: 1600s–1700s grandaevous, 1600s–1700s grandevous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin grandaevus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin grandaevus of great age, aged ( < grandis grand adj. + aevum aevum n.) + -ous suffix. Compare grandeval adj. and earlier grandevity n.

Obsolete.

Aged, old.In quot. 1721 apparently an erroneous adjectival gloss.

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

1647 T. Swadlin Children of Beliall 5 In the infancie of the world, the Fathers were so grandevous & lived so long, that each Father begot such a numerous Posterity as might people a whole Country.

1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 211 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. So grave and grandævous a person as he.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Grandevous,..very great Age. [Also in later dictionaries].

Derivatives

grandevousness n.

ΚΠ

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. i. Grandævousness, greatness of Age.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	grandevous
释义	† grandevousadj. Forms: 1600s–1700s grandaevous, 1600s–1700s grandevous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin grandaevus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin grandaevus of great age, aged ( < grandis grand adj. + aevum aevum n.) + -ous suffix. Compare grandeval adj. and earlier grandevity n. Obsolete. Aged, old.In quot. 1721 apparently an erroneous adjectival gloss. 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 1647 T. Swadlin Children of Beliall 5 In the infancie of the world, the Fathers were so grandevous & lived so long, that each Father begot such a numerous Posterity as might people a whole Country. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 211 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. So grave and grandævous a person as he. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Grandevous,..very great Age. [Also in later dictionaries]. Derivatives grandevousness n. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. i. Grandævousness, greatness of Age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1647
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