age-old
[eyj-ohld]
- ancient; from time immemorial: an age-old tradition.
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Origin of age-old
First recorded in 1900–05
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Contemporary Examples
I meant the age-old motivator, fear—stoking fear in their base of what a Republican Senate would look like.
It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Finally, some solid facts in the age-old debate: Does marriage make you live longer or does it just seem longer?
It is called “being offended,” and it is an age-old Russian national pastime, both on an individual level and more broadly.
You, and millions like you, may have recently discovered meditation, an age-old practice dating back to the 1st millenium BCE.
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Historical Examples
It was plainly red—the light came from inside the age-old throat.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
Age-old mysteries surrounding our book have not yet been cleared up.
The age-old genetic wisdom was still available to guide him.
The Great Gray PlagueRaymond F. Jones
They set their ambush with the age-old skill the Redax had grafted into their memories.
The Defiant AgentsAndre Alice Norton
It was the visualizing to him of that age-old conflict in which only the fittest survive.
Justin Wingate, RanchmanJohn H. Whitson
age-old
age-long
- very old or of long duration; ancient
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