oldishadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊldɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊldɪʃ/

Forms: see old adj. and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < old adj. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier newish adj.

Esp. of a person: somewhat old or elderly. Of a thing, etc.: somewhat old or antiquated.

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

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

oldish1580

1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 34 Trust me, I know not a ritcher Iewell, newish or oldish, Than blessed Vertue, blessed Fame blessed Abundaunce.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grison,..gray with age;..oldish, or somewhat old.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 20 Feb. (1976) IX. 454 She is an oldish French woman.

1685 Factious Citizen v. 70 I had some Jealousie of it the last time I saw him: For he told me I look'd Oldish.

1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 60 Hang Gravity it gives ones Face an oldish cast.

1775 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 56 Miss Lake..is a very obliging and sweet-tempered, oldish maid.

1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 120 A common cotton gown, an oldish black bonnet.

1827–8 J. F. Cooper Red Rover II. xi. 178 True, you must have officers on board; though, I suppose, they are a little oldish to be agreeable to you.

1855 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 47 Time is slipping away, and we are getting oldish.

1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 189 An oldish woman, a character, who worked me a book-marker.

1915 A. Pollitzer Let. 7 Aug. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 12 I'm crazy to do a big symbolic oil—A long haired girl—woman with live oldish poplars & sky.

1918 T. Manson Humours of Peat Comm. I. 41 I'm gettin' ta be a aaldish man noo.

1967 J. B. Priestley It's Old Country iii. 26 Oldish women with central European accents.

2002 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 24 Apr. Peel is quite comfortable with the idea of an oldish bloke thrilling to a song about rampant teenage hormones.

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

单词	oldish
释义	oldishadj. Brit. /ˈəʊldɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈoʊldɪʃ/ Forms: see old adj. and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < old adj. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier newish adj. Esp. of a person: somewhat old or elderly. Of a thing, etc.: somewhat old or antiquated. 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 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > somewhat old oldish1580 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 34 Trust me, I know not a ritcher Iewell, newish or oldish, Than blessed Vertue, blessed Fame blessed Abundaunce. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grison,..gray with age;..oldish, or somewhat old. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 20 Feb. (1976) IX. 454 She is an oldish French woman. 1685 Factious Citizen v. 70 I had some Jealousie of it the last time I saw him: For he told me I look'd Oldish. 1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 60 Hang Gravity it gives ones Face an oldish cast. 1775 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 56 Miss Lake..is a very obliging and sweet-tempered, oldish maid. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 120 A common cotton gown, an oldish black bonnet. 1827–8 J. F. Cooper Red Rover II. xi. 178 True, you must have officers on board; though, I suppose, they are a little oldish to be agreeable to you. 1855 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 47 Time is slipping away, and we are getting oldish. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 189 An oldish woman, a character, who worked me a book-marker. 1915 A. Pollitzer Let. 7 Aug. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 12 I'm crazy to do a big symbolic oil—A long haired girl—woman with live oldish poplars & sky. 1918 T. Manson Humours of Peat Comm. I. 41 I'm gettin' ta be a aaldish man noo. 1967 J. B. Priestley It's Old Country iii. 26 Oldish women with central European accents. 2002 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 24 Apr. Peel is quite comfortable with the idea of an oldish bloke thrilling to a song about rampant teenage hormones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1580
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