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/eɪdʒ-oʊld/ Listen

adjective

age-old adj.

Of very long duration

Synonyms: ancient

Having reached a desired or final condition as a result of standing for a period of time; of wines, whiskey, fruit, or cheeses. Note: As a result of having been aged, the product may be said to be mature or ripe (vs. green).

Synonyms: ripened

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Etymology of 'Age-old'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Dell, the latter bareback, returned to the trail, while Joel rode to drift their cattle up the Beaver, in order to be in possession of Hackberry Grove and its living springs. The plains of the West were a lawless country, and if its pioneers would not respect its age-old pastoral customs, then the consequences must be ...

— Wells Brothers • Andy Adams

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— Max • Katherine Cecil Thurston

... Pharaoh, and into a stretch of age-old furze, or gorse, if you like, beyond. That showed strategy. The furze was a maze of a million spikes, and branches, and twisted, gnarled stems tough as wire-rope; a wonderful place, all honeycombed with rabbit-runs; a world ...

— The Way of the Wild • F. St. Mars

... material comes down from the upper river. A significant amount of it issues from the network of small urban watercourses like Rock Creek. Many of these were covered over as storm sewers or troughed in concrete long ago, but they continue to serve their age-old function of draining the lands they traverse, even ...

— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior

... Thad can't see through her," cried the distracted mother, voicing an age-old wonder. "I used to think he was as smart as chain-lightning, but I've changed my mind. Any man that'll let Annabel Sinclair lead him around by the nose hasn't got any more than just sense enough to keep him out of an asylum for the feeble-minded, if ...

— Other People's Business - The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale • Harriet L. Smith

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