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Elderly
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Elderly
/ˈeldəli/
A term used to describe people who are at an advanced stage of life, typically past the age of retirement.
Synonyms:
aged
senior
old
geriatric
Antonyms:
young
youthful
teenager
juvenile
Examples:
An
elderly
Iranian in white robes.
Ellen Curtis is
elderly
and bad-tempered, but an excellent housemaid.'
The
elderly
couple took a stroll in the park.
Etymology:
From Middle English
elderly
, derived from
elder
, denoting someone older or senior, with the suffix
-ly
added.
Usage Statistics:
20 mentions per 1 million words
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