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- [el-der-lee]
- /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈel-dər-lē/
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- [el-der-lee]
- /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈel-dər-lē/
Definitions of non-elderly word
- adjective non-elderly of advanced age; old: discounts for elderly patrons. 1
- adjective non-elderly of or relating to persons in later life. 1
- noun non-elderly (used with a plural verb) elderly people collectively; senior citizens (usually preceded by the): Doctors recommend that young children and the elderly get vaccinated. 1
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Origin of non-elderly
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; elder1 + -ly
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Non-elderly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
non-elderly popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for non-elderly
noun non-elderly
- adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- antiquity — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
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