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AGEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agedness mean? 

AGEDNESS (noun)
  The noun AGEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. the property characteristic of old ageplay

  Familiarity information: AGEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AGEDNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property characteristic of old age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

agedness; senescence

Hypernyms ("agedness" is a kind of...):

oldness (the opposite of youngness)

Derivation:

aged (of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable))

aged (advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables))


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