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Elderly

//ˈɛldɚli// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    old; having lived for relatively many years.
  2. 2
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An elderly person. uncommon

    "He lives next door to an elderly."

  2. 2
    people who are old collectively wordnet
  3. 3
    Older people as a whole. collective, with-definite-article

    "the elderly"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From elder + -ly.

Etymology 2

From elder + -ly.

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