oldness

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English oldnesse, from Old English ealdnes, ealdnyss (“oldness; age”), equivalent to old +‎ -ness. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊldnəs/ === Noun === oldness (usually uncountable, plural oldnesses) The state of being old; age. 1795, Testimony at the trial of Sarah Sims for grand larceny at the Old Bailey, London, 20 May, 1795,[1] I know it to be the property that the child wore at the time that I missed her, by the oldness of it, and the mending of it. I have not the least doubt about it. ==== Synonyms ==== agedness, elderliness, senectitude; see also Thesaurus:oldness ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Seldons, Selsdon