oldhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From old +‎ -hood. Compare Old English ealdhād (eld, old age).

Noun[edit]

oldhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being old; the stage of life where one is advanced in age; old age
    • 2004, Stephen F. Neubauer, Joan R. Neubauer, The Noble Generation, volume 2, page ix:
      So just in case you might be curious, in case you might want to know, I shall try to put down whatever I remember of my childhood and of my life in general... my remembrances of childhood, adulthood, and oldhood.
    • 2006, Talwar Sabanna, Globalisation and WTO, page 675:
      The property of couple having no child is also inherited by the husband's brother's sons who take responsibility of oldhood and performing death rituals, family ceremonies.

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