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over-old en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌəʊvəɹˈəʊld/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English ofereald, corresponding to over- + old. Cognate with Dutch overoud, German überalt.

Meanings

1. Too old.
   • My body over-old for deeds begrudged such government. 1875, Virgil, translated by William Morris, Aeneid, section VIII:
   • And one Attalus in Seneca saith, the remembrance of our last friends is as pleasing to us, as bitternesse in wine that is over old[…]. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

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