age-old

[ eyj-ohld ]

adjective

1. ancient; from time immemorial:

   an age-old tradition.

age-old

adjective

1. very old or of long duration; ancient

Word History and Origins

Origin of age-old¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

I meant the age-old motivator, fear—stoking fear in their base of what a Republican Senate would look like.

From The Daily Beast

It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, some solid facts in the age-old debate: Does marriage make you live longer or does it just seem longer?

From The Daily Beast

It is called “being offended,” and it is an age-old Russian national pastime, both on an individual level and more broadly.

From The Daily Beast

You, and millions like you, may have recently discovered meditation, an age-old practice dating back to the 1st millenium BCE.

From The Daily Beast

It was in the stifling of all the youth and ambition of my nature by the baleful weight of her age-old weariness of intellect.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile, journeying through this age-old land, a snatch of verse goes running through my head.

From Project Gutenberg

A proud people, yet a people who would turn and run without thought, in a panic of age-old fear.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the age-old tragic comedy of a false friend's treachery and a woman's weakness; a duel, and the wrong man slain.

From Project Gutenberg

"It's the age-old story," he went on, again sweeping the lock of hair from before his flashing glance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ancient
• antiquated
• archaic
• hoary
• old-fashioned
• timeworn
• well-established