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AGEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does agedness mean?
• AGEDNESS (noun)
The noun AGEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property characteristic of old age
Familiarity information: AGEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property characteristic of old age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
agedness; senescence
Hypernyms ("agedness" is a kind of...):
oldness (the opposite of youngness)
Derivation:
aged (of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable))
aged (advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables))
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