yeared

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English

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Etymology

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From year +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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yeared (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) Of a specified number of years.
  2. (poetic) That has lasted many years; old.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 701:
      Ironically, too, the wine was a yeared Bollinger of almost carnal subtlety and while Sutcliffe's stomach quailed his palate hungered for the treat.