oldness

  • 101pristine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prime, first, dawnlike, primordial; fresh, dewy, pure, virginal, unspoiled. See beginning, oldness. Ant., used, old. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. primitive, initial, primary; see fundamental 1 ,… …

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  • 102relic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. memento, souvenir, keepsake, token, antique, remains. See memory, record, remainder, oldness, rite. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Something left from an earlier time] Syn. vestige, trace, survival, heirloom …

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  • 103secondhand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. used, hand me down; indirect, hearsay, unoriginal. See oldness.Ant., brand new, unused. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. used, not new, reclaimed, renewed, re used, old, worn, borrowed, hand me down, pre …

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  • 104timeworn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. out of date; worn, impaired. See oldness, deterioration. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old] Syn. antiquated, antique, ancient; see old 2 , 3 . 2. [Trite] Syn. hackneyed, Clichéd, stale, overused; see… …

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  • 105tradition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. belief, practice, usage, custom, culture, folklore. See oldness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The process of preserving orally] Syn. folklore, legend, fable, popular knowledge, myth, lore, wisdom of the… …

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  • 106unfashionable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dowdy, old fashioned, out of date, old hat (sl.), out (sl.); passé, antiquated. See unconformity, oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. out of style, outmoded, antiquated, obsolete; see old fashioned …

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  • 107venerable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aged, hoary; patriarchal; respected, revered. See age, oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old] Syn. aged, hoary, ancient; see old 3 . 2. [Having qualities becoming to age] Syn. revered, reverenced …

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  • 108years — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agedness, oldness, senescense; see age 2 , senility . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. decades, generation, lifetime, centuries, millenium, eon, period, age, epoch …

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  • 109vintage — [15] The vintage is etymologically the ‘taking away of wine’. The word’s ultimate source is Latin vindēmia ‘grape gathering’, a compound noun formed from vīnum ‘wine’ (source of English wine) and dēmere ‘take away, take off’ (which in turn was a… …

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  • 110agedness — n. elderliness, oldness, quality of being in the later years of life …

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