ageful

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ageful¹

  • /ˈeɪd͡ʒfl̩/ US, UK
  • [-fl̩] US, UK

Where it comes from

From age + -ful.

adjective more ageful · most ageful

  1. Aged, elderly, old. Poor Hans, with watery eye, and ache at heart, / Glanced at the tambour; she is lost to him. / Hirschvogel sat crossed-legged, his glasses up, / And watched for what might hap, with ageful fire.
  2. rare Eternal, everlasting. In the New Testament, the substantive αιων, and αιωνιος the adjective derived from it, occur more than two hundred times. The adjective, which strictly might be rendered “full of ages” or “ageful,” is generally translated "eternal" or "everlasting," and I believe correctly; […]

Similar: elderly

ageful²

  • /ˈeɪd͡ʒfl̩/ US, UK
  • [-fl̩] US, UK

Where it comes from

From age + -ful.

noun agefuls

  1. rare An eternity, a perpetuity. I thank you, Sir; for one minutes commendations from a perſon that has kept a conſtant regiſter of Conſequences is worth an age-ful from any body elſe.

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@misc{ageful_2026,
  title = {ageful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ageful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}