oldness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English oldnesse, from Old English ealdnes, ealdnyss (“oldness; age”), equivalent to old + -ness.

Yet even with her oldness and tiredness and metal curlers she had the look of race which attracted Murray. — The Gay Cockade, Temple Bailey
Not that one can compare its ruined grandeur with well-preserved Winchester, the comparison lies in the oldness and the early beginnings of religion. — Set in Silver, C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
Ted was young only in his assumption of oldness, and the only realms, apparently, in which Babbitt had a larger and more grown-up knowledge than Ted’s were the details of real estate and the phrases of politics. — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis

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