olderadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈəʊldə/, U.S.

/ˈoʊldər/

Forms: Middle English oldere, Middle English– older; Scottish pre-1700 oldar, pre-1700 oulder, pre-1700 1700s– older, 1800s alder, 1800s– aulder, 1900s– auler.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old adj., -er suffix³.

Etymology: < old adj. + -er suffix³. Compare earlier elder adj. Compare oldest adj.This regularized comparative of old adj. superseded elder adj. in general use from the 17th cent. The form alder attested in Middle English shows a different origin, showing the west midland reflex of Old English ældra (see elder adj.):c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4091 Þe king nom þreo aldere men.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 621 And ay þe ofter, þe alder þay were.The form alder found in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in the collocation alder time probably ultimately shows the same origin, as a conscious echo of Thomas Sternhold’s translation of Psalm 44 published in 1549, which has ‘The wonderous workes that thou hast dooen, In alder time O Lorde’ (although it is not certain that Sternhold was of west midland origin). Compare:1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea (new ed.) iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 134^v The wood in alder-time..Did spread his shade on gladsome soyle; no shade remayneth now.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 806 Those that liv'd in alder time.

A. adj.

1. In the ordinary senses of old adj.: of greater age; having lived or existed longer, of longer existence or standing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > older

olderc1410

c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 232 Now i am older woxe, þou schalt me fynd a more.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 112 Yong Romeo will be older [1597 elder] when you haue found him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 83 I am a Souldier, I, Older in practice, Abler then your selfe To make Conditions.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1489 Thy Son. Made older then thy age through eye-sight lost.

1712 J. Warder True Amazons 57 In June and July, they [sc. wasps] are both Older and Bolder.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 185 These effects of topical blood-letting are expressed in some of the older medical writings by the terms Derivation and Revulsion.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 8 Deposits of older date.

1888 W. E. Henley & R. L. Stevenson Deacon Brodie (rev. ed.) ii. iv. 39 I'm an aulder man than when I crossed your door.

1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 23 He may close in upon himself in an instinctive effort to preserve his own integrity, to be his age and not a day older.

1994 Ticket Aug. 29/1 Growing up in the 'hood, seeing all these terrible things going down, I suppose it does make you feel older.

2. = elder adj. 1b, esp. designating the first born of two siblings or those of earlier birth among more than two.This was formerly a regional alternative to elder, and was likewise frequently used as postmodifier with the, but it is now the more common word in this sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > elder of two children

elderc888

olderc1435

c1435 in W. T. Barbour Hist. Contract in Early Eng. Equity (1914) 189 (MED) Robert Aysshefelde, Squyer, the older..Robert Aysshefeld the yonger, sone to the seid Robert Aysshefeld, the elder.

1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 317 I have delyueryd your older sonne xx mark.

?1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 394 Wretyn the v day of Marche. By yowre oldere sone John Paston.

1833 C. Williams Fall River v. 79 Her older sister lived there with a relation who had brought her up.

1860 J. Abbott Aboriginal Amer. vi. 175 In some cases she would take the children, and at others she would leave them at home under the care of an older brother or sister.

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) v. 166 ‘You mustn't get morbid, honey,’ answered her older sister calmly.

1942 C. C. Rister Land Hunger 8 Upon the outbreak of the ‘Mormon War’, Dave and his older brother Jack, rode away..to join the army.

1972 J. S. Hall Sayings from Old Smoky 87 Fifty years ago if a younger sister married first, folks would say the older sister ‘had to dance in the hog trough’.

1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 11 May a6/6 Saturday's cast featured..Jana Hill as the fireball and Stacy West as the demure older daughter.

B. n.

†1. In plural. With possessive adjective: (one's) predecessors. Cf. elder n.³ 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > one who goes first or predecessor

ancestorc1300

foreganger1340

before-goerc1384

antecessora1387

predecessora1387

oldersc1450

precessor1454

forn-goer1483

before-gangerc1520

Adam1553

foregoer1556

preventer1598

forerunnera1616

decessor1647

first-comer1690

precursor1792

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii.1212 (MED) We supposed..That ye had come of that gentyl blood Of youre moder..And of your fader..And if ye were, ye cowde not sece and blyn To folwe þe steppes of youre olderis be-forn.

a1470 J. Tiptoft Orat. G. Flamineus (Caxton 1481) F iv To preche of the noble dedes of thyn olders, I wil..confesse that thyn auncestres have be of soverayne auctorite.

a. A person advanced in life. Cf. elder n.³ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

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

oldeOE

morea1382

olderc1450

ancient1502

mouldy chopsa1640

antediluvian1648

prediluvian1690

emerit1710

pelt1757

old fogey1793

antique1801

relic1832

old head1838

oldster1846

elderling1863

the Ancient of Days1935

senior citizen1938

OAP1942

golden ager1948

coffin dodger1954

wrinkly1972

crumbly1976

geriatric1977

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. 868 Oon of the olderes ageyn on-to hir seyth, [etc.].

1995 New Yorker 1 May 31/1 I've noticed that olders like stories of triumph.

2001 Fort Worth Star Telegram (Nexis) 8 July 1 As older people age and become what some people call ‘the older olders’, it is difficult to determine whether the problem is gambling or the beginning of dementia.

b. A person's superior in age or rank (frequently in plural with preceding possessive adjective). Now chiefly in special uses. Cf. elder n.³ 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > senior person > [noun]

elderc1175

seniorc1380

elder mana1387

older1484

ancient1548

dad?1576

doyen1670

dean1687

daddy1877

key man1895

doyenne1905

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxv. 153 Trewely this yonge man..byleueth the counceylle of his older.

c1500 Here begynneth Lytell Geste how Plowman lerned Pater Noster (De Worde) l. 40 As I haue herde myne olders tell.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii^v I haue herde of myn olders.

1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. 9 We'll let the aulders gang first.

1967 Transition No. 31. 29 The olders say that the Creator told them to make their homesteads circular.

1972 Mini-grants & Maxi-programs (Seattle Intermediate School District) 15 in G. G. Unruh & W. M. Alexander Innovations in Secondary Educ. (1974) viii. 253 The ‘olders’, all volunteers, go through nine days of inservice training. They get one credit for their work with the grade-schoolers.

1997 L. S. Goldstein Teaching with Love 46 Second graders are olders, kindergartners are youngers, for certain. But where do first graders fit?

2001 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 2 The Malay feudal system of old when the Sultan's must trusted council of olders were conferred a hereditary title.

Phrases

colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Frequently humorous. In hyperbolical comparative phrases, as older than dirt, older than God, etc.: (esp. of a person) very old.

ΚΠ

1934 C. Brackett Entirely Surrounded 107 Why bring up the fact that we're both older than God?

1985 N.Y. Times 31 Mar. (New Jersey Weekly section) xi. 27/4 Two relatives called later in the day, kidding me about being older than dirt.

1995 D. W. Smith & K. K. Rusch Star Trek Voyager: Escape xi. 122 That's an understatement. One piece of equipment was a wreck twice the size of a shuttlecraft and older than God.

Compounds

older man n. (also older woman) an older, frequently more experienced, sexual partner in a relationship.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover

servantc1405

specialc1425

servitorc1450

love-lad1586

young man1589

inamorato1592

swainc1592

gentleman friend1667

enamorado1677

spark1707

beau?1720

Johnny1726

man friend1736

feller1842

novio1843

soupirant1849

fella1874

man1874

fellow1878

square-pusher1890

stud1895

papa1896

lover mana1905

boyfriend1906

daddy1912

lover-boy1925

sheikh1925

sweetback1929

sweet man1942

older man1951

boyf1990

1951 J. Cleugh Marquis & Chevalier ii. i. 142 The nearest to the ‘sultana’ type appeared to prefer older men or at any rate young men more dashing, frivolous or conventionally handsome than Leopold was.

1975 W. Hildick Bracknell's Law 59 You'd think with so many kids of his own he'd have a thing going for the Older Woman, but no.

1988 E. Segal Doctors xliii. 648 ‘I've always been attracted to older men...’ Her last remark slapped Barney on the ego. Older men.

1994 Face Oct. 173/2 An older man could be with a 16-year-old woman and no one thinks anything of it, whereas if an older woman is with a younger man, she is the trollop of the universe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	older
释义	olderadj.n. Brit. /ˈəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈoʊldər/ Forms: Middle English oldere, Middle English– older; Scottish pre-1700 oldar, pre-1700 oulder, pre-1700 1700s– older, 1800s alder, 1800s– aulder, 1900s– auler. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old adj., -er suffix³. Etymology: < old adj. + -er suffix³. Compare earlier elder adj. Compare oldest adj.This regularized comparative of old adj. superseded elder adj. in general use from the 17th cent. The form alder attested in Middle English shows a different origin, showing the west midland reflex of Old English ældra (see elder adj.):c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4091 Þe king nom þreo aldere men.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 621 And ay þe ofter, þe alder þay were.The form alder found in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in the collocation alder time probably ultimately shows the same origin, as a conscious echo of Thomas Sternhold’s translation of Psalm 44 published in 1549, which has ‘The wonderous workes that thou hast dooen, In alder time O Lorde’ (although it is not certain that Sternhold was of west midland origin). Compare:1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea (new ed.) iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 134^v The wood in alder-time..Did spread his shade on gladsome soyle; no shade remayneth now.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 806 Those that liv'd in alder time. A. adj. 1. In the ordinary senses of old adj.: of greater age; having lived or existed longer, of longer existence or standing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > older olderc1410 c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 232 Now i am older woxe, þou schalt me fynd a more. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 112 Yong Romeo will be older [1597 elder] when you haue found him. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 83 I am a Souldier, I, Older in practice, Abler then your selfe To make Conditions. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1489 Thy Son. Made older then thy age through eye-sight lost. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 57 In June and July, they [sc. wasps] are both Older and Bolder. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 185 These effects of topical blood-letting are expressed in some of the older medical writings by the terms Derivation and Revulsion. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 8 Deposits of older date. 1888 W. E. Henley & R. L. Stevenson Deacon Brodie (rev. ed.) ii. iv. 39 I'm an aulder man than when I crossed your door. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 23 He may close in upon himself in an instinctive effort to preserve his own integrity, to be his age and not a day older. 1994 Ticket Aug. 29/1 Growing up in the 'hood, seeing all these terrible things going down, I suppose it does make you feel older. 2. = elder adj. 1b, esp. designating the first born of two siblings or those of earlier birth among more than two.This was formerly a regional alternative to elder, and was likewise frequently used as postmodifier with the, but it is now the more common word in this sense. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > elder of two children elderc888 olderc1435 c1435 in W. T. Barbour Hist. Contract in Early Eng. Equity (1914) 189 (MED) Robert Aysshefelde, Squyer, the older..Robert Aysshefeld the yonger, sone to the seid Robert Aysshefeld, the elder. 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 317 I have delyueryd your older sonne xx mark. ?1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 394 Wretyn the v day of Marche. By yowre oldere sone John Paston. 1833 C. Williams Fall River v. 79 Her older sister lived there with a relation who had brought her up. 1860 J. Abbott Aboriginal Amer. vi. 175 In some cases she would take the children, and at others she would leave them at home under the care of an older brother or sister. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) v. 166 ‘You mustn't get morbid, honey,’ answered her older sister calmly. 1942 C. C. Rister Land Hunger 8 Upon the outbreak of the ‘Mormon War’, Dave and his older brother Jack, rode away..to join the army. 1972 J. S. Hall Sayings from Old Smoky 87 Fifty years ago if a younger sister married first, folks would say the older sister ‘had to dance in the hog trough’. 1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 11 May a6/6 Saturday's cast featured..Jana Hill as the fireball and Stacy West as the demure older daughter. B. n. †1. In plural. With possessive adjective: (one's) predecessors. Cf. elder n.³ 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > one who goes first or predecessor ancestorc1300 foreganger1340 before-goerc1384 antecessora1387 predecessora1387 oldersc1450 precessor1454 forn-goer1483 before-gangerc1520 Adam1553 foregoer1556 preventer1598 forerunnera1616 decessor1647 first-comer1690 precursor1792 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii.1212 (MED) We supposed..That ye had come of that gentyl blood Of youre moder..And of your fader..And if ye were, ye cowde not sece and blyn To folwe þe steppes of youre olderis be-forn. a1470 J. Tiptoft Orat. G. Flamineus (Caxton 1481) F iv To preche of the noble dedes of thyn olders, I wil..confesse that thyn auncestres have be of soverayne auctorite. 2. a. A person advanced in life. Cf. elder n.³ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] oldeOE morea1382 olderc1450 ancient1502 mouldy chopsa1640 antediluvian1648 prediluvian1690 emerit1710 pelt1757 old fogey1793 antique1801 relic1832 old head1838 oldster1846 elderling1863 the Ancient of Days1935 senior citizen1938 OAP1942 golden ager1948 coffin dodger1954 wrinkly1972 crumbly1976 geriatric1977 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. 868 Oon of the olderes ageyn on-to hir seyth, [etc.]. 1995 New Yorker 1 May 31/1 I've noticed that olders like stories of triumph. 2001 Fort Worth Star Telegram (Nexis) 8 July 1 As older people age and become what some people call ‘the older olders’, it is difficult to determine whether the problem is gambling or the beginning of dementia. b. A person's superior in age or rank (frequently in plural with preceding possessive adjective). Now chiefly in special uses. Cf. elder n.³ 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > senior person > [noun] elderc1175 seniorc1380 elder mana1387 older1484 ancient1548 dad?1576 doyen1670 dean1687 daddy1877 key man1895 doyenne1905 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxv. 153 Trewely this yonge man..byleueth the counceylle of his older. c1500 Here begynneth Lytell Geste how Plowman lerned Pater Noster (De Worde) l. 40 As I haue herde myne olders tell. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii^v I haue herde of myn olders. 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. 9 We'll let the aulders gang first. 1967 Transition No. 31. 29 The olders say that the Creator told them to make their homesteads circular. 1972 Mini-grants & Maxi-programs (Seattle Intermediate School District) 15 in G. G. Unruh & W. M. Alexander Innovations in Secondary Educ. (1974) viii. 253 The ‘olders’, all volunteers, go through nine days of inservice training. They get one credit for their work with the grade-schoolers. 1997 L. S. Goldstein Teaching with Love 46 Second graders are olders, kindergartners are youngers, for certain. But where do first graders fit? 2001 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 2 The Malay feudal system of old when the Sultan's must trusted council of olders were conferred a hereditary title. Phrases colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Frequently humorous. In hyperbolical comparative phrases, as older than dirt, older than God, etc.: (esp. of a person) very old. ΚΠ 1934 C. Brackett Entirely Surrounded 107 Why bring up the fact that we're both older than God? 1985 N.Y. Times 31 Mar. (New Jersey Weekly section) xi. 27/4 Two relatives called later in the day, kidding me about being older than dirt. 1995 D. W. Smith & K. K. Rusch Star Trek Voyager: Escape xi. 122 That's an understatement. One piece of equipment was a wreck twice the size of a shuttlecraft and older than God. Compounds older man n. (also older woman) an older, frequently more experienced, sexual partner in a relationship. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover servantc1405 specialc1425 servitorc1450 love-lad1586 young man1589 inamorato1592 swainc1592 gentleman friend1667 enamorado1677 spark1707 beau?1720 Johnny1726 man friend1736 feller1842 novio1843 soupirant1849 fella1874 man1874 fellow1878 square-pusher1890 stud1895 papa1896 lover mana1905 boyfriend1906 daddy1912 lover-boy1925 sheikh1925 sweetback1929 sweet man1942 older man1951 boyf1990 1951 J. Cleugh Marquis & Chevalier ii. i. 142 The nearest to the ‘sultana’ type appeared to prefer older men or at any rate young men more dashing, frivolous or conventionally handsome than Leopold was. 1975 W. Hildick Bracknell's Law 59 You'd think with so many kids of his own he'd have a thing going for the Older Woman, but no. 1988 E. Segal Doctors xliii. 648 ‘I've always been attracted to older men...’ Her last remark slapped Barney on the ego. Older men. 1994 Face Oct. 173/2 An older man could be with a 16-year-old woman and no one thinks anything of it, whereas if an older woman is with a younger man, she is the trollop of the universe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1410
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