Definition of Oldish

1. Adjective. Somewhat elderly.

Similar to: Old

Definition of Oldish

1. a. Somewhat old.

Definition of Oldish

1. Adjective. somewhat old ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oldish

1. somewhat old [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oldish

olde tyme
olde worlde
olden
oldened
oldening
oldens
older
older adult
older than the hills
oldest
oldfangled
oldhamite
oldhamites
oldie
oldies
oldish (current term)
oldly
oldman
oldmen
oldness
oldnesses
olds
oldsightedness
oldskool
oldsquaw
oldsquaws
oldster
oldsters
oldstyle
oldstyles

Literary usage of Oldish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"oldish and others, 1 Show. 353. 3. Fees cannot be sued for in this court Clerk v. Lee, 10 Mod. 264. ..."

2. After Noontide by Margaret Eliot White, Eliza Orne White (1907)
"To the oldish person who is a bit weary with the repetitions of his days, to whom the best of his profits have already a tiresome sameness, the effect of a ..."

3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Dr. oldish. My lord, the question before your lordship is, whether the bishop of London bath been disobedient to the king's command? ..."

4. Notes of Travel: Letters Sent Home from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand by James Currie (1890)
"Do you remember him ? He had been for some time minister of a Presbyterian Church in New York City. He is an oldish man, with a very pleasant face ; and he ..."

5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Dr. oldish. There is a new statute that revives that statute again,'and that ... Dr. oldish. Because the jury are witnesses in reality, according to the ..."

6. The American Jurist and Law Magazine (1843)
"Dr. oldish. My lord, he moves that his trial for piracy may be put off for ... Dr. oldish. My lord, it is very fit his trial should be delayed for some time ..."

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