old age - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old +‎ age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).

old age (uncountable)

  1. The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
    Synonyms: golden years; codgerhood, eld; see also Thesaurus:old age
    People often become hard of hearing in old age.
    A ripe old age.
  2. A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.

latter part of life