: having existed for ages : ancient

Examples of age-old in a Sentence

age-old customs and beliefs
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Many see it as just the latest chapter in an age-old tale of U.S. aggression. Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025 The Pittsburgh rapper is rolling out his latest album Kush + Orange Juice 2 and stopped by The Joe Budden Podcast to discuss a variety of topics — one of which is the age-old (and centuries-ago-answered) question: Is the Earth flat or round? Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025 The funeral and the conclave As always, the death of a pontiff like Pope Francis marks the beginning of a long and complex ritual rooted in the church’s age-old traditions. Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025 The top billing goes to Rome for its incredible and age-old architecture, for instance, while the region of Tuscany gets second place for its Renaissance history and romantic landscape. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

age-old

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