: having existed for ages : ancient

Examples of age-old in a Sentence

age-old customs and beliefs
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The approval of the House settlement and the arrival of revenue sharing reinforced an age-old divide between the upper echelon of college football and teams in the middle class. Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 July 2025 In Pakistan particularly, and South Asia as a whole, scores of craftswomen are engaged in age-old hand embroidery and needlework techniques which have kept a number of ancient crafts alive. Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 Until recently, few imagined that BYD, or Build Your Dreams, to use its flowery full name, could crush age-old titans. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 29 July 2025 Established more than 1,500 years ago in the forested mountains of central China, the Shaolin Temple is both a religious and cultural icon, renowned for its age-old tradition of Zen Buddhism and Shaolin kung fu – a distinct form of Chinese martial arts. Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for age-old

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 6 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

age-old

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