Ageful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈeɪd͡ʒfl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ageful is an adjective meaning Aged, elderly, old.
Meaning
Aged, elderly, old.
More Meanings
- (rare) Eternal, everlasting.
- (rare) An eternity, a perpetuity.
Example Sentences
I thank you, Sir; for one minutes commendations from a perſon that has kept a conſtant regiſter of Conſequences is worth an age-ful from any body elſe.
Poor Hans, with watery eye, and ache at heart, / Glanced at the tambour; she is lost to him. / Hirschvogel sat crossed-legged, his glasses up, / And watched for what might hap, with ageful fire.
These women realise the role of technogenarian as they reconstruct their naturally ageing bodies with age-erasing technology, replacing undesired ageful faces and bodies with youthful ageless ones.
Of course, it also represents the courtesy of the old men of the country, with their eylids drooping into ageful insipidity and ageful sleep and their bodies leaning over the age-old sticks without which can they hardly stand.
Word Forms
- agefuls
Synonyms for ageful
Depending on context, synonyms include elderly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aged, eldern, senectuous, deaged, aging, aetat.
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