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Oldness

Oldness \Old"ness\, n. The state or quality of being old; old age.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
oldness

Old English ealdnysse; see old + -ness.

Wiktionary
oldness

n. The state of being old; age.

WordNet
oldness
  1. n. the opposite of youngness [ant: youngness]

  2. the opposite of newness [ant: newness]

Usage examples of "oldness".

His wide shoulders sagging, his lean brown face crumbling, giving him a look of oldness, he stepped out into the street.

His skeleton carried this oldness, this aura of time, as if he were merely a vessel for it.

To an archaeologist, there might have been significance, Horton told himself, but to the two of them, there had been simply oldness-a musty, dusty, repetitive oldness that was at once futile and depressive.

Watching them, she was suddenly aware of a weariness, a premature oldness in each.

It was the only time in my marriage that I felt old, a specimen of oldness, a landmark, standing in those slightly oversized pajamas, a little ridiculous, reliving the same moment of the night before, Kathryn reading in bed, a dram of Greek brandy on the bedside table, another reference forward.