agedness
(ˈeɪdʒɪdnɪs)
[f. aged a. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being aged, oldness.
| 1530 Palsgr. 193/2 Agydnesse, anciennete. 1635 J. Hayward Banish'd Virg. 214 My wrinkles and withered agednesse. 1641 Milton Ch. Discip. i. (1851) 26 For Custome without Truth is but agednesse of Error. 1873 Spectator 8 Feb. 168/2 The agedness of the world, its sad want of originality. |
2. The quality of having reached a stated age.
| a 1643 W. Cartwright Poems (N.) He still was strong and fresh, his brain was gray. Such agedness might our young ladies move To somewhat more than a Platonick love. 1881 Mrs. Ellis Sylvestra II. 261 That middle-agedness some men show so early. |