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Definition of Oldness
1. Noun. The opposite of youngness.
Specialized synonyms: Agedness, Senescence, Senility, Longevity, Seniority, Staleness
Derivative terms: Old
Antonyms: Youngness
2. Noun. The quality of being old; the opposite of newness.
Specialized synonyms: Obsoleteness, Superannuation, Ancientness, Antiquity, Old-fashionedness, Time Of Origin, Vintage, Hoariness
Antonyms: Newness
Derivative terms: Old
Definition of Oldness
1. n. The state or quality of being old; old age.
Definition of Oldness
1. Noun. The state of being old; age. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oldness
1. the state of being old [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oldness
Literary usage of Oldness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Parables of the New Testament: Scripturally Illustrated and by Hosea Ballou (1822)
"But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that
we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter ..."
2. Old Corn: Or, Sermons and Addresses on the Spiritual Life by David B. Updegraff (1892)
"SERVING IN "NEWNESS" OK "oldness" — WHICH? X / "But now we are delivered from
the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness ..."
3. The Divine Order: And Other Sermons and Addresses by the Late Thomas Jones by Thomas Jones (1884)
"... OF LOVE—ITS oldness AND ITS NEWNESS. " Brethren, I write no new commandment
unto you, but an old commandment, which ye had from the beginning. ..."
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