aged

See also: agèd

English

Alternative forms

• agèd (poetic and disyllabic only)

Pronunciation

• (used by some people for the adjective sense "old" and derived noun sense) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/, enPR: āʹjĭd

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• (all other senses; used by some people for all senses) IPA^(key): /eɪdʒd/, enPR: ājd

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪd, -eɪdʒd

Adjective

aged (comparative more aged or further aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged)

1. Old.

   I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.

2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

   Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

   • 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:

     John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

   • 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:

     Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

   aged whiskey

Synonyms

• (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
• (having the age of): -year-old
• (undergone effects of time): matured

Derived terms

• aged care
• agedly
• agedness
• aged R-value
• bottom-aged
• bottom aged
• college-aged
• dry-aged
• hyperaged
• mid-aged
• middle-aged
• nonaged
• older-aged
• overaged
• photoaged
• school-aged
• superaged
• teen-aged
• top aged
• top-aged
• unaged
• un-aged

 

Translations

old — see also old

• Finnish: ikääntynyt (fi)
• German: alt (de)
• Latin: senex (la), longaevus, vetus (la), annōsus
• Ottoman Turkish: قوجه (koca)
• Plautdietsch: oolt
• Polish: sędziwy (pl)
• Spanish: viejo (es), anciano (es)
• Tocharian B: ktsaitstse, śrāñ

having the age of

• Finnish: ikäinen (fi)
• Karakhanid: يَشْلِغْ (yašlïɣ)
• Ottoman Turkish: یاشلو (yaşlı), قوجه (koca)
• Turkish: yaşlı (tr), yaşında, yaşındaki

undergone effects of time, improving in the process

• Bulgarian: отлежал (bg) (otležal)
• Esperanto: aĝinta
• Finnish: kypsynyt (fi)
• German: gealtert (de)

Noun

aged pl (plural only)

2. (with definite article, collective) Old people, collectively.

   Synonyms: elderly; see also Thesaurus:old person § Holonyms

   the aged

   health insurance and retirement income for the aged

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ikääntyneet pl, vanhat (fi) pl
• Mongolian: настан (mn) (nastan)

Verb

aged

1. simple past and past participle of age

Anagrams

• egad, Gade, dage, gade