See Also: elderly(dictionary)
elderly(dictionary)
frail elderly(medicine)
housing for the elderly(medicine)
Saint Luke's Hospital for the Elderly(health)

elderly (iou)



elderly adjective & noun. E17.
[from ELDER adjective + -LY1.]
A. adjective.
Somewhat old; (of a person) past middle age; (of a thing) not new or recent, showing signs of age. E17.
Ld Macaulay The elderly inhabitants could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built.
Of or pertaining to a person in later life. L17.
b. absol. as noun pl. The people who are elderly, as a class. Also sing. (rare), an elderly person. M19.
Observer The House of Lords is a model of how to care for the elderly.
elderliness noun L19.