over-oldadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvərˈəʊld/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈoʊld/

Forms: see over- prefix and old adj.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overout (Dutch overoud ), Old Saxon oƀarald (Middle Low German överōlt ), Old High German ubaralt (Middle High German überalt , German überalt , now rare) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of old adj.

Too old. Also (now archaic): very old, 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

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 61 Ðeah hit gecyndelic sy on menniscum gewunan, þæt man mildheortnesse cyðe þam oferealdum [a1225 Winteney oferealdan] and þam cildgeongum.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. pr. iii. 64 Of whiche folk the renoun is neyther over-oold [L. pervetusta] ne unsolempne.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 589 (MED) Of þis kynde also is newe oyle and nouȝt ouer olde.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 248 (MED) Hes bene the thynges wych done the contrary..ouer-old wyne moch to drynke.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 2 The Philosophier..did hit a yong man ouer the thumbes, very handsomely for vsyng ouer olde, and ouer straunge woordes.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse (1598) Here haue I got a cloake not ouer old.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suragé, decrepite, ouer-old, growne farre in yeares.

1803 W. Wordsworth Memorials of Tour in Sc. in Poet. Wks. (1849–50) 22 Of old things all are over old.

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 509 My body over-old for deeds begrudged such government.

1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. 140 Their children..have a delicate over-old look for their age.

1920 D. O. Hamilton Autumn in Four Gardens III. 40 The Autumn is a dowager..Her tricks are over-old—A tinselled dress, false blush of red, Unnatural hair of gold.

2000 Newsday (Nexis) 27 July a10 A selfish Shannen Doherty-styled witch as the show-within-a-show's heroine and an over-old, balding leading stud.

Derivatives

† over-oldness n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

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

oldnessOE

agednessa1475

ancienty1483

over-oldness1573

1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxviii. f. 78^v We who..haue departed from the oueroldness of the lawe written, and walke in newnesse of life.

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

单词	over-old
释义	over-oldadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈəʊld/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈoʊld/ Forms: see over- prefix and old adj. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overout (Dutch overoud ), Old Saxon oƀarald (Middle Low German överōlt ), Old High German ubaralt (Middle High German überalt , German überalt , now rare) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of old adj. Too old. Also (now archaic): very old, 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 OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 61 Ðeah hit gecyndelic sy on menniscum gewunan, þæt man mildheortnesse cyðe þam oferealdum [a1225 Winteney oferealdan] and þam cildgeongum. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. pr. iii. 64 Of whiche folk the renoun is neyther over-oold [L. pervetusta] ne unsolempne. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 589 (MED) Of þis kynde also is newe oyle and nouȝt ouer olde. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 248 (MED) Hes bene the thynges wych done the contrary..ouer-old wyne moch to drynke. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 2 The Philosophier..did hit a yong man ouer the thumbes, very handsomely for vsyng ouer olde, and ouer straunge woordes. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse (1598) Here haue I got a cloake not ouer old. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suragé, decrepite, ouer-old, growne farre in yeares. 1803 W. Wordsworth Memorials of Tour in Sc. in Poet. Wks. (1849–50) 22 Of old things all are over old. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 509 My body over-old for deeds begrudged such government. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. 140 Their children..have a delicate over-old look for their age. 1920 D. O. Hamilton Autumn in Four Gardens III. 40 The Autumn is a dowager..Her tricks are over-old—A tinselled dress, false blush of red, Unnatural hair of gold. 2000 Newsday (Nexis) 27 July a10 A selfish Shannen Doherty-styled witch as the show-within-a-show's heroine and an over-old, balding leading stud. Derivatives † over-oldness n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] > state or quality of oldnessOE agednessa1475 ancienty1483 over-oldness1573 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxviii. f. 78^v We who..haue departed from the oueroldness of the lawe written, and walke in newnesse of life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.OE
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