Age-old
ancient; from time immemorial:
an age-old tradition.
contemporary examples
this answers the age-old conundrum: if an angry man delivers seething retorts to a quiet audience, will he make a soundbite?
president obama elicits groans with sotu joke mark katz january 25, 2012
it is called “being offended,” and it is an age-old russian national pastime, both on an individual level and more broadly.
don’t you dare call russians thin-skinned! liesl schillinger february 4, 2014
which is to say, the u.s.—as always—remains in search of age-old answers to difficult questions.
7 books for the spiritually starved spencer bailey september 17, 2010
this returns me to an age-old little conundrum, which i’ve remarked on many times over the years.
the big lie debunked michael tomasky july 25, 2012
i meant the age-old motivator, fear—stoking fear in their base of what a republican senate would look like.
how can dems be losing to these idiots? michael tomasky october 28, 2014
historical examples
it was nearly square—a hollow bubble in the age-old lava—axe-trimmed many hundred years ago.
rung ho! talbot mundy
age-old mysteries surrounding our book have not yet been cleared up.
cooking and dining in imperial rome apicius
meanwhile, journeying through this age-old land, a sn-tch of verse goes running through my head.
polly the pagan isabel anderson
the bridegroom, foretold by the age-old priest, had come at last.
romances of old j-pan yei theodora ozaki
it was a strange story of forbidden love, one that might have been enacted in age-old times beneath the shadows of the pyramids.
astounding stories, july, 1931 various
adjective
very old or of long duration; ancient
adj.
1896, from age (n.) + old.
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