elderly
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elderly
- /ˈɛldɚli/ US
- /ˈɛldəli/ UK
Where it comes from
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Middle English eldre
English elder
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English elderly
From elder + -ly.
adjective more elderly · most elderly
- old; having lived for relatively many years.
- Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging. The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.
Similar: elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured, of a certain age, old as Methuselah, on in years, over the hill, senior
noun elderlies
- Older people as a whole. the elderly
- An elderly person. He lives next door to an elderly.
