Значение

значений: 4
  1. (диалектное, редкое, неисчисляемое)One's age, age in years, period of life.

    a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

  2. (архаичное, поэтическое, неисчисляемое)Old age, senility; an old person.

  3. (архаичное, поэтическое, неисчисляемое)Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.

  4. (архаичное, поэтическое, неисчисляемое)Former ages, antiquity, olden times.

Происхождение

From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; perio

From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄ (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed”).

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Синонимы

синонимов: 80
Близкие по смыслу
  • a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises:age
  • a late time of life:old ageyearsagegeezerhood

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