: having existed for ages : ancient

Examples of age-old in a Sentence

age-old customs and beliefs
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And unlike the age-old trust needed between company, employee and customer, this kind of trust resides solely in the way AI is set up and executed. Megan Poinski, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The Israeli startup is shepherding a new way of tackling age-old user identity and password security problems, which continue to cause headaches for major companies. Sam Sabin, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025 And while that brooding, dangerous-but-squishy-on-the-inside schtick made women swoon and cleared the way for the emergence of rock & roll teen idols like Elvis Presley, Dean, according to age-old Hollywood lore, was secretly gay. Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025 The Diablo and Santa Ana winds, officially classified as a foehn wind condition, are an age-old meteorological phenomenon. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for age-old 

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of age-old was in 1860

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“Age-old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age-old. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

age-old

adjective
ˈa-ˈjōld
: having existed for ages : ancient
an age-old story
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