Superannuated

//ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of superannuate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete, antiquated.

    "In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects."

  2. 2
    Retired or discarded due to age.

    "I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the payment of three to old superannuated servants by my father’s will, and it is amazing how disagreeable she found it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    old; no longer valid or fashionable wordnet
  2. 2
    too old to be useful wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
archaicelderlyabandonedabjuredagedanachronistic

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"In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects."

Etymology

From the Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), from super (“over”) (English super-) + annus (“year”) (English annual).

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