Ageful

//ˈeɪd͡ʒfl̩// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Eternal, everlasting. rare

    "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; […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    An eternity, a perpetuity. rare

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From age + -ful.

Etymology 2

From age + -ful.

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