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Definition of eld in English: eldnoun ɛldeld mass nounliterary 1Old age. Example sentencesExamples - From a dark courtyard came a sound of oaths and blows, followed by shrill screams, and, huddled upon a damp doorstep, he saw the crook-backed forms of poverty and eld.
- Shakespeare's Claudio is told ‘Thou hast nor youth nor age’; conversely, this actor seems to have only youth and eld, with fribble in between.
- Like Youth, the play appears to contain autobiographical elements, but here the subject is eld.
Synonyms elderliness, old age, oldness, seniority, maturity, dotage, senility - 1.1 Former times; the past.
Example sentencesExamples - For Billy Rose, at present busily revamping the theatre, it was like eld times.
- It was no more the withered limb of eld than my own; it was a rounded supple member, with smooth fingers…
Origin Old English ieldu, eldu, of Germanic origin; related to elder1 and old. Rhymes beheld, geld, held, meld, self-propelled, upheld, weld, withheld Definition of eld in US English: eldnouneld literary 1Old age. Example sentencesExamples - Shakespeare's Claudio is told ‘Thou hast nor youth nor age’; conversely, this actor seems to have only youth and eld, with fribble in between.
- From a dark courtyard came a sound of oaths and blows, followed by shrill screams, and, huddled upon a damp doorstep, he saw the crook-backed forms of poverty and eld.
- Like Youth, the play appears to contain autobiographical elements, but here the subject is eld.
Synonyms elderliness, old age, oldness, seniority, maturity, dotage, senility - 1.1 Former times; the past.
Example sentencesExamples - It was no more the withered limb of eld than my own; it was a rounded supple member, with smooth fingers…
- For Billy Rose, at present busily revamping the theatre, it was like eld times.
Origin Old English ieldu, eldu, of Germanic origin; related to elder and old. |