eld
One's age, age in years, period of lifeOne's age, age in years, period of life.
Meaning
4 senses(dialectal, rare, uncountable)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
(archaic, poetic, uncountable)Old age, senility; an old person.
(archaic, poetic, uncountable)Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
(archaic, poetic, uncountable)Former ages, antiquity, olden times.
Origin
From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; perioFrom 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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Synonyms
80 synonyms- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises:age
- a late time of life:old ageyearsagegeezerhood
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable