aged
adjective
ˈā-jəd 
ˈājd;
for sense 1b
ˈājd 1
: grown old: such as
a
: of an advanced age
an aged man
b
: having attained a specified age
a man aged 40 years
2
: typical of old age
the aged wrinkles in my cheeks
Shakespeare
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: having acquired a desirable quality or undergone an expected and desired change with the passage of time
aged wine
aged cheese
agedness
ˈā-jəd-nəs
noun 
Synonyms
- aging
- ageing
- ancient
- elderly
- geriatric
- long-lived
- old
- older
- over-the-hill
- senescent
- senior
- unyoung
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Example Sentences
a group of men aged between 20 and 30 all the young men went to fight in the war; and only the aged and infirm remained behind
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Etymology
Middle English, from past participle of agen "to age entry 2" (modeled on Anglo-French agé)
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing aged
Kids Definition
aged
adjective
ˈā-jəd for 1,
ˈājd for 2
1
: very old
an aged oak
an aged man
2
: having reached a specified age
a child aged ten
agedness
noun
1
as in maturity
the state of being an old person the advanced agedness of the patient was immediately obvious to the emergency room staff Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- maturity
- age
- ancientness
- senility
- elderliness
- senescence
- feebleness
- dotage
- anecdotage
- infirmity
- second childhood
- senectitude
- venerableness
- caducity
- anility
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- youth
- freshness
- youngness
- youthfulness
- adolescence
- prime
- immaturity
- minority
- juvenility
- nonage
2
as in antiquity
the state of being something old the sheer ancientness of the Middle East impresses many first-time visitors Synonyms & Similar Words
- antiquity
- age
- ancientness
- antiquation
- datedness
- hoariness
- agelessness
- obsoleteness
- obsolescence
- fustiness
- old-fashionedness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- newness
- freshness
- modernity
- currency
- novelty
- modernness
- recentness
- currentness